The History of the Internet

By Mtar
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    Sputnik

    The USSR launches Sputnik, opening global communications.
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    Modem

    The bell company invented the first modem, which converted digital signals to electrical signals. It was first commercially available in 1962.
  • Ethernet Cable

    Ethernet Cable
    The first ethernet cable was invented by Xerox. It was the first use of non wireless internet
  • E-mail

    E-mail
    The first e-mail was sent to Germany from the United States.
  • Creation of WWW

    WWW- world wide web. The world wide web was created by Tim Berners-Lee, a member of the CERN group
  • WWW is open to public

    WWW is open to public
    The world wide web is now accessible to the public. This is considered to be the beginning of a new era
  • MP3

    MP3
    The first mp3 was a file extension for audio created by brandenburg and his team.
  • Google

    Google
    Google was founded by Larry Page, and Sergey Brin
  • Wikipedia

    Wikipedia
    Jimmy Wales creates wikipedia. At the time there was a half a million internet users.
  • Youtube

    Youtube
    It was launched by Alphabet inc. as one of the first video streaming websites of its time