Historical Perspective

The internet has undergone many mind-blowing developments, before it is known as today. In this page, it will provide the basic overview of the internet in the early stages of its development.

ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) was the basis of the Internet. Established in 1969, the aim of ARPANET was to allow scientists at different locations to share information and protect against a nuclear attack.

Other advancements began to establish networks for an easier way to transmit information across computers.

• Telenet was the first commercial version of ARPANET and was launched in 1974.

• In 1979 Usenet was established with a focus on newsgroups.

• In 1981 BITNET (Because It’s Time Network) connected IBM mainframes around the educational community and the world to provide mail services.

• The Internet arrived in 1982 when ARPANET adopted the TCP/IP standard.

• In 1991 the World Wide Web (or Web) was introduced using this HTTP protocol.