Timeline of the history of the Internet

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A timeline of the history of the Internet can stretch back as far as the 19th century. [1] [2] This timeline begins in 1960, [3] 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.

Contents

Early research and development (1960-1981)

Merging the networks and creating the Internet (1981-1994)

Commercialization, privatization, broader access leads to the modern Internet (1995-present)

Examples of Internet services (to be merged into the sections above)

See also

References

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