1. HISTORY OF THE INTERNET
1957
USSR launches
Sputnik, first artificial
earth satellite.
1965
ARPA sponsors study on
"cooperative network of timesharing computers"
1968
PS-network presented
to the Advanced
Research Projects
Agency (ARPA)
1974
The first Internet Service Provider (ISP) is born
with the introduction of a commercial version
of ARPANET, known as Telenet.
1974
Vinton Cerf and Bob Kahn (the duo
said by many to be theFathers of the
Internet) publish "A Protocol for
Packet Network Interconnection,"
which details the design of TCP.
1972: BBN’s Ray Tomlinson introduces
network email. The Internetworking Working
Group (INWG) forms to address need for
establishing standard protocols

2. 1987
THE NUMBER OF HOSTS ON
THE INTERNET EXCEEDS
20,000. CISCO SHIPS ITS
FIRST ROUTER.
1993:
The number of websites
reaches 600 and the White
House and United
Nations go online.
2004
Facebook goes online and the era of social
networking begins. Mozilla unveils the Mozilla
Firefox browser.
2006:
AOL changes its business model,
offering most services for free and
relying on advertising to generate
revenue. The Internet Governance
Forum meets for the first time.