IE History

ByPhoebeWWatchingThehistoryoftheinternetWhatwasthe“VictorianInternet”?WhatistheInternet?BriefhistoryoftheInternetInternetGrowthTrends•TheTelegraph•Inventedinthe1840s.•Signalssentoverwiresthatwereestablishedovervastdistances•UsedextensivelybytheU.S.GovernmentduringtheAmericanCivilWar,1861-1865•MorseCodewasdotsanddashes,orshortsignalsandlongsignals•Theelectronicsignalstandardof+/-15v.isstillusedinnetworkinterfacecardstoday.•Anetworkofnetworks,joiningmanygovernment,universityandprivatecomputerstogetherandprovidinganinfrastructurefortheuseofE-mail,bulletinboards,filearchives,hypertextdocuments,databasesandothercomputationalresources•Thevastcollectionofcomputernetworkswhichformandactasasinglehugenetworkfortransportofdataandmessagesacrossdistanceswhichcanbeanywherefromthesameofficetoanywhereintheworld.1969:Arpanet1982:Thefirstemotion1971:Email1974:TCP/IP1977:ThePCmodemthefirstrealnetworktorunonpacketswitchingtechnology(newatthetime).OntheOctober29,1969,computersatStanfordandUCLAconnectedforthefirsttime.Ineffect,theywerethefirsthostsonwhatwouldonedaybecometheInternet.DARPA(DefenseAdvancedResearchProjectsAgency)contractswithBBN(Bolt,Beranek&Newman)tocreateArpanet.Emailwasfirstdevelopedin1971byRayTomlinson,whoalsomadethedecisiontousethe@symboltoseparatetheusernamefromthecomputername(whichlateronbecamethedomainname).1974wasabreakthroughyear.Aproposalwaspublishedtolinklikenetworkstogetherintoaso-calledinter-network,whichwouldhavenocentralcontrolandwouldworkaroundatransmissioncontrolprotocol(whicheventuallybecameTCP/IP).Dr.VintonCerf,Co-CreatorofTCP/IP1977wasabigyearforthedevelopmentoftheInternetasweknowittoday.It’stheyearthefirstPCmodem,developedbyDennisHayesandDaleHeatherington,wasintroducedandinitiallysoldtocomputerhobbyists.WhilemanypeoplecreditKevinMacKenziewiththeinventionoftheemoticonin1979,itwasScottFahlmanin1982whoproposedusing:-)afterajoke,ratherthantheoriginal-)proposedbyMacKenzie.Themodernemoticonwasborn.Emoticon:emotionicon1998:Googlewentlivein1998,revolutionizingthewayinwhichpeoplefindinformationonline.1999:Tencentofficiallylaunchedthefirstinstantcommunicationsoftware-tencentQQ”.2004:TheFacebookopentocollegestudents2005:YouTube–streamingvideoforthemasses2006:Twittergetstwittering2007:MajormovetoplaceTVshowsonlineInternetGrowthTrends•1977:111hostsonInternet•1984:1,000hosts•1986:5,000hosts•1987:10,000hosts•1989:100,000hosts•1992:1,000,000hosts•2001:150–175millionhosts•2002:over200millionhosts