Other Facts About The Internet
- Although the World Wide Web is often referred to as the Internet, the two are not the same thing. The Internet is a huge network of networks that links computers together all over the world using a range of wires and wireless technologies. The World Wide Web is the collection of linked pages that are accessed using the Internet and a web browser.
- As well as the World Wide Web, the Internet is used for such application as email, file sharing, online chat, phone and video calls, online gaming and more
- Social networking websites such as Facebook, Google+ and Twitter have become popular over the last few years. People now spend a large amount of their time online keeping in touch with each other through these applications and services.
- The domain name system of the Internet includes top level domains such as .com, .info, .net, .org, .edu, .mil and .gov as well as country specific domains and more.
- English physicist Sir Tim Berners-Lee is regarded as having invented the World Wide Web in 1989. Since then he has continued the development of web standards and other web related projects.
- Website addresses such as www.sciencekids.com are known by the term Uniform Resource Locater (URL).
1969
ARPA goes online in December, connecting four major U.S. universities.
1972
Electronic mail is introduced by Ray Tomlinson, a Cambridge, Mass.
1976
Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale use email to plan campaign events. Queen Elizabeth sends her first email.
1982
The word “Internet” is used for the first time.
1984
Domain Name System is established, with network addresses identified by extensions such as .com, .org, and .edu.
1988
A virus called the Internet Worm temporarily shuts down about 10% of the world's Internet servers.
1990
The first effort to index the Internet is created by Peter Deutsch at McGill University.
1991
Gopher, which provides point-and-click navigation, is created at the University of Minnesota and named after the school mascot.
1998
Google opens its first office, in California.