Internet

Internet Timeline

By Abigail.Contreras77

  • 1957 USSR Launches Event

    1957 USSR Launches Event
    The USSR launches Sputnik into space. In response to this, the United States creates the Advanced Research Projects Agency. (ARPA)

  • Paul Baran Event

    Paul Baran Event
    Paul Baran conceives packet, switching technology, which became an integral part of the internet's conception.

  • 1966 Launching the Arpanet Event

    1966 Launching the Arpanet Event
    Robert Taylor, the acting director of ARPA's research division launches the Arpanet project, this essentiall is "the foundation for today's Internet.

  • 1968 Bolt, Berenek Event

    1968 Bolt, Berenek Event
    Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Inc. (BBN) wins the ARPA's contract to construct the interface Message Processors.
    http://www.toptenreviews.com/software/articles/important-events-in-the-history-of-the-world-wide-web/

  • 1972 Event

    1972 Event
    1)The number of nodes in the IMP network increases to 15 compromising of 23 hosts.
    2) Ray Tomilson, of the BBN, invents email. He even chooses the '@' sign to seperate the user from the host

  • 2000 A denial-of-service attack Event

    2000 A denial-of-service attack Event
    A denial-of-Service attack occurs to many large .coms, making people reconsider the internet security.

  • 2001Company

    2001Company
    The source of all worldly information, Wikipedia, launches.

  • 2015 Event

    2015 Event
    The Federal Trade Commission adopts laws to keep the internet free and open.

  • 1969 IMP Event

    1969 IMP Event
    The physical Interface Message Processor (IMP) network is constructed, linking four nodes: University of California, SRI (in stanford), University of california at Santa Barbara and University of Utah.

  • 2006 Company

    2006 Company
    1) Twitter Launches
    2) Facebook opens it eDoors to everyone.

  • 2020 Projection

    2020 Projection
    By 2020, the number of Internet users will reach almost 5 billion- equal to the entire world's population in 1987.
    http://www.futuretimeline.net/subject/computers-internet.htm

  • 2020 Broadband Speed

    2020 Broadband Speed
    As fast as 200 megabits per second; even speedier service for schools, libraries, and hospitals.
    http://www.livescience.com/48221-internet-predictions-2025.html

  • 2034 Unhackable Quantum Internet Projection

    2034 Unhackable Quantum Internet Projection
    A satellite networking using entangled photons for quantum-key distribution will create a fully secure unhackable internet.
    http://www.futureforall.org/future-technology-predictions.html

  • 2050 micro-SD card Projection

    2050 micro-SD card Projection
    If trends continue- a device the size of a micro-SD card will have storage will have storage equivalent to three times the brain capacity of the entire human race.
    http://www.futuretimeline.net/subject/computers-internet.htm