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What is the history of the Internet?
In Summary:
The Internet has evolved through a series of advancements in networking and computer technologies. From its beginning in 1969, the ARPANET provided a test-bed for networking research and development. An important development that grew out of ARPANET was the TCP/IP protocols, which provided standard rules for networked computers to communicate with each other.
Other significant events included the introduction of the desktop computer, the
development of networking tools such as telnet, FTP, gopher and WWW, and the release of
graphical browsers. Advancements in networking enabled the NSFNET to upgrade its speed
several times, allowing more and more connections.