A timeline of the history of the Internet can stretch back as far as the 19th century, as early electrical telecommunications like the telegraph laid the conceptual groundwork for global networking. This timeline begins in 1960, , Hobbes' Internet Timeline (November 1997), essentially also begins in the 1960s. and lists key events including the emergence of novel ideas, the first implementation of new technologies, and the introduction of new products and services that were significant at that point in time in the history of the Internet. These events led to the Internet as we know it today.
Early research and development (1960-1981) . . . . . . . . . . .
Merging the networks and creating the Internet (1981-1994)
. 1984: JANET network online.
Commercialization, privatization, broader access leads to the modern Internet (1995-present)
Examples of Internet services
See also
Outline of the Internet
References