1957

ARPA

USSR launches sputnik, the first

artificial satellite for earth. Then, the Us forms the Advanced Researcher Projects

Agency (ARPA)

•ARPA is an agency of United States Department of Defense. ARPA underwrote development for the prosecutore of the internet, known as ARPANET.

1965

PACKET-SWITCHING

TECHNOLOGY

The two computers at MIT

Lincoln Lab can communicate

with each other by using packet-

switching technology.

•Packet-switching refers to a protocols in which the messages were divided into packets before they are sent.each packets were transmitted individually and can even follow different routes to its destination.

1968

BNN

BNN unveils the final version of the Interface

Message Processor (IMP) specifications.

•BNN design and manufactures high performance computers and wide-area network.

1969

SRI

The first message is "LO" means

"LOGIN".

•The first message is "LO" which was an attempt by student Charles Kline to "LOGIN"

1972

INWG

INWG forms to address need for

establishing standard protocol

•BNN introduces the the network email.

1973

The term INTERNET is

born.

•Global networking becomes a reality as University College of London and Royal Radar Establishment connect to ARPANET,.1979

NSF

provided a grant to

establish the Computer

Science Network.

•The National Science Foundation (NSF) provided a grant to establish the Computer Science Network (CSNET) to provide networking services to university computer scientists.

1987

First Router

•The number of hosts on the Internet exceeds 20,000. Cisco ships its first router

1991

WWW

•CERN introduces the World Wide Web to the public.

1998

Google engine is born

•The Google search engine is born, changing the way users engage with the Internet.

2003

SQL Slammer worm spread worldwide

•The SQL Slammer worm spread worldwide in just 10 minutes. Myspace, Skype and the Safari Web browser debut.

2004

FACEBOOK and MOZILLA FIREFOX

•Facebook goes online and the era of social networking begins. Mozilla unveils the Mozilla Firefox browser.