A Brief Timeline of Internet Developments
1958 US ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency) established to lead science
1961 MIT research paper of Packet Switching Theory.
1961-69 Ongoing research into inter-computer communications and networks.
1969 ARPANET, commissioned by US Defense Department, goes live.
1971 Ray Tomlinson creates first network email application.
1973 Development of protocols to enable multi-network Internet opportunities.
1976 HM Queen Elizabeth II sends an email.
1978 First spam email is recorded.
1980 Tim Berners-Lee develops rules for the World Wide Web and is credited as the
and military technological developments.
US universities connect up network facilities for the first time.
First international ARPANET connections made.
Web Father.
Alan Emtage develops the first search tool known as ‘ARCHIE’.