Internet Facts

Networking computers to each other was a then-radical idea. 

In what year did the first data travel bw two nodes of the ARPANET, ancestor of the Internet

ARPANET goes global with two international nodes, one in the U.K. and one in Norway.

The IMPs (interface message processors) were  __________ -sized modems. 

Craig Newmark incorporates Craiglist.org as a for-profit online classifieds site.

The US govt creates the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) in response to Sputnik launch.

This picture shows the delivery of SDS Sigma 7 computer in Boelter Hall at UCLA circa 1967.

Larry Page and Sergey Brin, computer science engineers who met at Stanford, incorporate Google

Quantum Computer Services, which is now AOL, introduces America Online.

The story of the first message on the internet is that of a happy accident.

In 1973, TCP/IP protocol development begins.

CB Simulator, the first online chat service, goes online.

The one millionth article is published on Wikipedia.

Robert T. Morris, grad student at Cornell, unleashed the first widely known "worm" (or virus).

Stanford Ph.D. students David Filo and Jerry Yang found Yahoo.

Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist, coins the phrase the "World Wide Web."

Bill asked down the phone, "did you get the L."

In 1972, Ray Tomlinson of BBN invents the email program.

They began to refer to the 1st internet message as 'lo and behold.'

They needed IMPs (interface message processors) to make networked computing possible.

What word was Bill trying to send? 

YouTube is launched and helps drive user-generated content to the mainstream.

The first host-to-host connection of the ARPANET was between UCLA and Stanford.

Next he typed a G. "Did you get the G?"

How do we know the exact time? 

In 1969, the article below talked of the internet revolution that was to come. 

Two programmers symbolically turned the key at 10:30pm on 10/29/1969.

What were the two programmer's names? 

This GIF is showing the internet's growth from 1969 until 1989.

Some of the founders of Mosaic launch Netscape, the first commercial browser.

He next typed the letter O. "Did you get the O?" they asked. 

Apple launches the iPhone. 

In 1958, Bell Labs researchers invent the modem which enables communication between computers. 

CompuServe & The Source offer the 1st online services, users paid an initial fee & hourly fees.

The internet is how old today? 

UCLA researcher Bill Duvall typed an "L"

Jeff Bezos brings Amazon.com online, helping to revolutionize online retail.

Mark Zuckerberg started Facebook (initially called thefacebook.com) while a student at Harvard.