History of the Internet

1968 - ARPANET - used for military purposes
1972 - first e-mail usage
1981 - NSFNet - used by academic institutions
1992 - World Wide Web - multimedia components

If you are interested in learning more about the history of the Internet,
feel free to check these sites at another time.

 

A Brief History of the Internet - http://www.isoc.org/internet-history/brief.html
Dave Kristula - http://www.davesite.com/webstation/net-history.shtml