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    The document provides a timeline of key events in internet history from the 1960s to the 2000s. It describes how in the 1960s, J.C.R. Licklider conceived of a global computer network and the ARPANET was developed. In the 1970s, TCP/IP was created and Ethernet was developed, allowing for linking of multiple networks. The 1980s saw the establishment of dial-up connections and local area networks, as well as the creation of domain names. Major developments in the 1990s included the World Wide Web and browsers, as well as the commercialization of the internet. The 2000s was marked by the rise and fall of the dot-com bubble as well as increased wireless connectivity and

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    The document provides a timeline of key events in internet history from the 1960s to the 2000s. It describes how in the 1960s, J.C.R. Licklider conceived of a global computer network and the ARPANET was developed. In the 1970s, TCP/IP was created and Ethernet was developed, allowing for linking of multiple networks. The 1980s saw the establishment of dial-up connections and local area networks, as well as the creation of domain names. Major developments in the 1990s included the World Wide Web and browsers, as well as the commercialization of the internet. The 2000s was marked by the rise and fall of the dot-com bubble as well as increased wireless connectivity and

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    The document provides a timeline of key events in internet history from the 1960s to the 2000s. It describes how in the 1960s, J.C.R. Licklider conceived of a global computer network and the ARPANET was developed. In the 1970s, TCP/IP was created and Ethernet was developed, allowing for linking of multiple networks. The 1980s saw the establishment of dial-up connections and local area networks, as well as the creation of domain names. Major developments in the 1990s included the World Wide Web and browsers, as well as the commercialization of the internet. The 2000s was marked by the rise and fall of the dot-com bubble as well as increased wireless connectivity and

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    INTERNET HISTORY TIMELINE

    1960S
     

    The internet as we know it doesn’t exist until much later, but internet history
    starts in the 1960s. In 1962, MIT computer scientist J.C.R. Licklider comes up
    with the idea for a global computer network. He later shares his idea with
    colleagues at the U.S. Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects
    Agency (ARPA). Work by Leonard Kleinrock, Thomas Merrill and Lawrence G.
    Roberts on packet-switching theory pioneers the way to the world’s first wide-
    area computer network. Roberts later goes on to publish a plan for the ARPANET,
    an ARPA-funded computer network that becomes a reality in 1969. Over the
    following years, the ARPANET grows.

    1970S
     

    In 1973, Robert Kahn and Vinton Cerf collaborate to develop a protocol for


    linking multiple networks together. This later becomes the Transmission Control
    Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), a technology that links multiple networks
    together such that, if one network is brought down, the others do not collapse.
    While working at Xerox, Robert Metcalfe develops a system using cables that
    allows for transfer of more data over a network. He names this system Alto Aloha,
    but it later becomes known as Ethernet. Over the next few years, Ted Nelson
    proposes using hypertext to organize network information, and Unix becomes
    popular for TCP/IP networks. Tom Truscott and Steve Bellovin develop a Unix-
    based system for transferring data over phone lines via a dial-up connection. This
    system becomes USENET.

    1980S
     

    Dave Farber of the University of Delaware reveals a project to build an


    inexpensive network using dial-up phone lines. In 1982, the PhoneNet system is
    established and is connected to ARPANET and the first commercial network,
    Telenet. This broadens access to the internet and allows for email communication
    between multiple nations of the world. In 1981, Metcalfe’s company 3Com
    announces Ethernet products for both computer workstations and personal
    computers; this allows for the establishment of local area networks (LANs). Paul
    Mockapetris, Jon Postel and Craig Partridge create the Domain Name system,
    which uses domain names to manage the increasing number of users on the
    internet. In 1985, the first domain is registered: symbolics.com, a domain
    belonging to a computer manufacturer.

    1990S
     

    In 1990, ARPANET is decommissioned. Tim Berners-Lee and his colleagues at


    CERN develop hypertext markup language (HTML) and the uniform resource
    locator (URL), giving birth to the first incarnation of the World Wide Web. A
    watershed year for the internet comes in 1995: Microsoft launches Windows 95;
    Amazon, Yahoo and eBay all launch; Internet Explorer launches; and Java is
    created, allowing for animation on websites and creating a new flurry of internet
    activity. In 1996, Congress passes the Communications Decency Act in an effort
    to combat the growing amount of objectionable material on the internet. John
    Perry Barlow responds with an essay, A Declaration of the Independence of
    Cyberspace. Google is founded in 1998. In 1999, the music and video piracy
    controversy intensifies with the launch of Napster. The first internet virus capable
    of copying and sending itself to a user’s address book is discovered in 1999.

    2000S
     

    2000 sees the rise and burst of the dotcom bubble. While myriad internet-based
    businesses become present in everyday life, the Dow Jones industrial average
    also sees its biggest one-day drop in history up to that point. By 2001, most
    publicly traded dotcom companies are gone. It’s not all bad news, though; the
    2000s see Google’s meteoric rise to domination of the search engine market. This
    decade also sees the rise and proliferation of Wi-Fi — wireless internet
    communication — as well as mobile internet devices like smartphones and, in
    2005, the first-ever internet cat video.

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