1969: UnixĪnother major milestone during the 60’s was the inception of Unix: the operating system whose design heavily influenced that of Linux and FreeBSD (the operating systems most popular in today’s web servers/web hosting services). The first message sent across the network was supposed to be “Login”, but reportedly, the link between the two colleges crashed on the letter “g”. In effect, they were the first hosts on what would one day become the Internet. On October 29, 1969, computers at Stanford and UCLA connected for the first time. 1969: ArpanetĪrpanet was the first real network to run on packet switching technology (new at the time). While the complete history of the Internet could easily fill a few books, this article should familiarize you with key milestones and events related to the growth and evolution of the Internet from 1969 to 2010. Here’s a brief history of the Internet, including important dates, people, projects, sites, and other information that should give you at least a partial picture of what this thing we call the Internet really is, and where it came from. However, considering how much of an influence the Internet has in our daily lives, how many of us actually know the story of how it got its start? Most of our daily lives are saturated with social media, online shopping, and browsing for new information, but how did we get to this point? If you’re reading this article, it’s likely that you spend a fair amount of time online.

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