Post by JorP on Oct 28, 2002 5:42:40 GMT -5
Brief Timeline of the Internet
When we talk about the Internet, we talk about the World Wide Web from the past four or five years. But, its history goes back a lot further; all the way back to the 1950s and 60s.
"Where was I," you ask, "while all this was happening?" Well, it's quite simple really: the Space Program. America was so fascinated with sending men into outerspace, hundreds of miles away, it never saw what was being invented to bring everyone closer together -- eventually.
So, just in case you missed the development of the Internet, I've composed a brief timeline highlighting some of the major occurences over the past 41 years. For more extensive info, you'll find links to other timelines at the bottom of this page.
1958
President Eisenhower requests funds to create ARPA. Approved as a line item in Air Force appropriations bill.
1961
Len Kleinrock, Professor of Computer Science at UCLA, writes first paper on packet switching, "Information Flow in Large Communications Nets." Paper published in RLE Quarterly Progress Report.
1962
•J.C.R. Licklider & W. Clark write first paper on Internet Concept, "On-Line Man Computer Communications."
• Len Kleinrock writes Communication Nets, which describes design for packet switching network; used for ARPAnet
1964
Paul Baran writes, "On Distributed Communications Networks," first paper on using message blocks to send info across a decentralized networktopology(Nodes and Links)
Oct. 1965
First Network Experiment: Directed by Larry Roberts at MIT Lincoln Lab, two computers talked to each other using packet-switching technology.
Dec. 1966
ARPA project begins. Larry Roberts is chief scientist.
Dec. 1968
ARPANet contract given to Bolt, Beranek & Newman (BBN) in Cambridge, Mass.
Sept. 1, 1969
First ARPANet node installed at UCLA Network Measurement Center. Kleinrock hooked up the Interface Message Processor to a Sigma 7 Computer.
Oct. 1, 1969
Second node installed at Stanford Research Institute; connected to a SDS 940 computer. The first ARPANet message sent: "lo." Trying to spell log-in, but the system crashed!
Nov. 1, 1969
Third node installed at University of California, Santa Barbara. Connected to an IBM 360/75.
Dec. 1, 1969
Fourth node installed at University of Utah. Connected to a DEC PDP-10.
March 1970
Fifth node installed at BBN, across the country in Cambridge, Mass.
July 1970
Alohanet, first packet radio network, operational at University of Hawaii.
March 1972
First basic e-mail programs written by Ray Tomlinson at BBN for ARPANET: SNDMSG and READMAIL. "@" sign chosen for its "at" meaning.
March 1973
First ARPANET international connections to University College of London (England) and NORSAR (Norway).
1974
•Intel releases the 8080 processor.
• Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn publish "A Protocol for Packet Network Interconnection," which details the design of TCP.
1976
•Apple Computer founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.
•Queen Elizabeth II sends out an e-mail.
•Vint Cerf joins ARPA as program manager.
1978
TCP split into TCP and IP.
1979
Bob Metcalfe and others found 3Com (Computer Communication Compatibility).
When we talk about the Internet, we talk about the World Wide Web from the past four or five years. But, its history goes back a lot further; all the way back to the 1950s and 60s.
"Where was I," you ask, "while all this was happening?" Well, it's quite simple really: the Space Program. America was so fascinated with sending men into outerspace, hundreds of miles away, it never saw what was being invented to bring everyone closer together -- eventually.
So, just in case you missed the development of the Internet, I've composed a brief timeline highlighting some of the major occurences over the past 41 years. For more extensive info, you'll find links to other timelines at the bottom of this page.
1958
President Eisenhower requests funds to create ARPA. Approved as a line item in Air Force appropriations bill.
1961
Len Kleinrock, Professor of Computer Science at UCLA, writes first paper on packet switching, "Information Flow in Large Communications Nets." Paper published in RLE Quarterly Progress Report.
1962
•J.C.R. Licklider & W. Clark write first paper on Internet Concept, "On-Line Man Computer Communications."
• Len Kleinrock writes Communication Nets, which describes design for packet switching network; used for ARPAnet
1964
Paul Baran writes, "On Distributed Communications Networks," first paper on using message blocks to send info across a decentralized networktopology(Nodes and Links)
Oct. 1965
First Network Experiment: Directed by Larry Roberts at MIT Lincoln Lab, two computers talked to each other using packet-switching technology.
Dec. 1966
ARPA project begins. Larry Roberts is chief scientist.
Dec. 1968
ARPANet contract given to Bolt, Beranek & Newman (BBN) in Cambridge, Mass.
Sept. 1, 1969
First ARPANet node installed at UCLA Network Measurement Center. Kleinrock hooked up the Interface Message Processor to a Sigma 7 Computer.
Oct. 1, 1969
Second node installed at Stanford Research Institute; connected to a SDS 940 computer. The first ARPANet message sent: "lo." Trying to spell log-in, but the system crashed!
Nov. 1, 1969
Third node installed at University of California, Santa Barbara. Connected to an IBM 360/75.
Dec. 1, 1969
Fourth node installed at University of Utah. Connected to a DEC PDP-10.
March 1970
Fifth node installed at BBN, across the country in Cambridge, Mass.
July 1970
Alohanet, first packet radio network, operational at University of Hawaii.
March 1972
First basic e-mail programs written by Ray Tomlinson at BBN for ARPANET: SNDMSG and READMAIL. "@" sign chosen for its "at" meaning.
March 1973
First ARPANET international connections to University College of London (England) and NORSAR (Norway).
1974
•Intel releases the 8080 processor.
• Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn publish "A Protocol for Packet Network Interconnection," which details the design of TCP.
1976
•Apple Computer founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.
•Queen Elizabeth II sends out an e-mail.
•Vint Cerf joins ARPA as program manager.
1978
TCP split into TCP and IP.
1979
Bob Metcalfe and others found 3Com (Computer Communication Compatibility).
