{"id":2809,"date":"2017-06-20T11:35:33","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T15:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/?page_id=2809\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T11:17:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T11:17:02","slug":"history-of-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/internet\/history-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"History of the Internet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-container\"><main id=\"content\" class=\"content\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"component-row component-theme-background  padding-top-small padding-bottom-small row-text-white  \" style=\"background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; background-position: center center; background-color: #0c1c2c; background-image: url('https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/media-resources-768x333.jpg');\" data-bgverylarge=\"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/media-resources.jpg\" data-bglarge=\"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/media-resources-1024x444.jpg\" data-bgmediumlarge=\"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/media-resources-768x333.jpg\" data-bgmedium=\"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/media-resources-300x130.jpg\" data-logo-color=\"row-text-white\">\n<div class=\"component-row-inner pure-g component-row-standard component-alignment-top \">\n<div class=\"column desktop-hidden tablet-hidden mobile-hidden component-theme-default\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"column  pure-u-lg-6-12 pure-u-md-6-12 pure-u-sm-12-12 component-theme-default \">\n<section class=\"component component-text\">\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<h4 class=\"eyebrow align-left\">About the Internet<\/h4>\n<h1 class=\"headline1 page-header align-left\">A Short History of the Internet<\/h1>\n<div class=\"body-text align-left\">\n<p>From the early days of ARPANET to today\u2019s mobile technologies, the Internet has come a long way. Here we share some of the different histories of the Internet from different people and organizations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"component-row component-theme-white  row-text-black  \" data-logo-color=\"row-text-black\">\n<div class=\"component-row-inner pure-g component-row-standard component-alignment-center \">\n<div class=\"column desktop-hidden tablet-hidden mobile-hidden component-theme-default\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"column  pure-u-lg--1 pure-u-md-1-1 pure-u-sm-1-1 component-theme-default \">\n<section class=\"component component-subnav component-row-standard\" data-component-name=\"SubNav\">\n<div class=\"component-inner\">\n<nav class=\"align-center\"><span class=\"eyebrow subnav-item\" data-location=\"pioneers\">Internet Pioneers<\/span><span class=\"eyebrow subnav-item\" data-location=\"web\">World Wide Web<\/span><span class=\"eyebrow subnav-item\" data-location=\"overviews\">Overviews &amp; Collections<\/span><span class=\"eyebrow subnav-item\" data-location=\"regional\">Regional Histories<\/span><span class=\"eyebrow subnav-item\" data-location=\"timelines\">Timelines<\/span><span class=\"eyebrow subnav-item\" data-location=\"other\">Other Sources<\/span><\/nav>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pioneers\" class=\"component-row component-theme-blue  padding-top-small padding-bottom-small row-text-white  \" data-logo-color=\"row-text-white\">\n<div class=\"component-row-inner pure-g component-row-standard component-alignment-top \">\n<div class=\"column desktop-hidden tablet-hidden mobile-hidden component-theme-default padding-right-small\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"column  pure-u-lg-4-12 pure-u-md-4-12 pure-u-sm-12-12 component-theme-default padding-right-small \">\n<section class=\"component component-text\">\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"headline2 align-left\">What Internet pioneers had to say<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column desktop-hidden tablet-hidden mobile-hidden component-theme-default padding-right-small\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"column  pure-u-lg-4-12 pure-u-md-4-12 pure-u-sm-12-12 component-theme-default padding-right-small \">\n<section class=\"component component-text\">\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"body-text align-left\">\n<h5><a href=\"\/internet\/history-internet\/brief-history-internet\/\">A Brief History of the Internet<\/a><\/h5>\n<p class=\"small-text\">Written by those who made it history, including Barry M. Leiner, Vinton G. Cerf, David D. Clark, Robert E. Kahn, Leonard Kleinrock, Daniel C. Lynch, Jon Postel, Lawrence G. Roberts, Stephen Wolff.<\/p>\n<h5><a title=\"A Brief History of the Internet &amp; Related Networks\" href=\"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/internet\/history-internet\/brief-history-internet-related-networks\">A Brief History of the Internet &amp; Related Networks<\/a><\/h5>\n<p class=\"small-text\">Narrative of the Internet and Related Networks by Vint Cerf.<\/p>\n<h5><a title=\"A Short History of Internet Protocols at CERN\" href=\"http:\/\/ben.home.cern.ch\/ben\/TCPHIST.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Short History of Internet Protocols at CERN<\/a><\/h5>\n<p class=\"small-text\">By Ben Segal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column desktop-hidden tablet-hidden mobile-hidden component-theme-default padding-left-small\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"column  pure-u-lg-4-12 pure-u-md-4-12 pure-u-sm-12-12 component-theme-default padding-left-small \">\n<section class=\"component component-text\">\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"body-text align-left\">\n<h5><a title=\"Interesting Historical Background to Internet Governance Issues By One of the Internet Pioneers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isoc.org\/pubpolpillar\/governance\/igf-rio_speech_klensin.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Interesting Historical Background to Internet Governance Issues by One of the Internet Pioneers<\/a><\/h5>\n<p class=\"small-text\">Address by John Klensin to the opening of the IGF, Rio de Janeiro, 2007<\/p>\n<h5><a title=\"History of the IETF\/The Internet Society relationship\" href=\"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/internet\/history-of-the-internet\/ietf-internet-society\/\">History of the IETF\/The Internet Society relationship<\/a><\/h5>\n<p class=\"small-text\">By Vint Cerf, July 1995.<\/p>\n<h5><a title=\"Announcing The Internet Society\" href=\"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/internet\/history-of-the-internet\/announcing-internet-society\/\">Announcing the Internet Society<\/a><\/h5>\n<p class=\"small-text\">by Vint Cerf, Bob Kahn, Lyman Chapin, 1992<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"web\" class=\"component-row component-theme-lt-gray  padding-top-small padding-bottom-small row-text-black  \" data-logo-color=\"row-text-black\">\n<div class=\"component-row-inner pure-g component-row-standard component-alignment-top \">\n<div class=\"column desktop-hidden tablet-hidden mobile-hidden component-theme-default padding-right-small\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"column  pure-u-lg-4-12 pure-u-md-4-12 pure-u-sm-12-12 component-theme-default padding-right-small \">\n<section class=\"component component-text\">\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"headline2 align-left\">World Wide Web<\/h2>\n<div class=\"body-text align-left\">\n<p>The World Wide Web, known today simply as the Web, emerged as one of the major services to run on top of the Internet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column desktop-hidden tablet-hidden mobile-hidden component-theme-default padding-right-small\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"column  pure-u-lg-4-12 pure-u-md-4-12 pure-u-sm-12-12 component-theme-default padding-right-small \">\n<section class=\"component component-text\">\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"body-text align-left\">\n<h5><a title=\" Past, Present and Future\" href=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/People\/Berners-Lee\/FAQ.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The World Wide Web: Past, Present and Future<\/a><\/h5>\n<p class=\"small-text\">By Tim Berners-Lee, Director of the World Wide Web Consortium and a principal research scientist at the Laboratory for Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.<\/p>\n<p class=\"small-text\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column desktop-hidden tablet-hidden mobile-hidden component-theme-default padding-left-small\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"column  pure-u-lg-4-12 pure-u-md-4-12 pure-u-sm-12-12 component-theme-default padding-left-small \">\n<section class=\"component component-text\">\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"body-text align-left\">\n<h5><a title=\"A Little History of the World Wide Web\" href=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/History.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Little History of the World Wide Web<\/a><\/h5>\n<p class=\"small-text\">From W3C, this document dates from 1995 and has not been updated. The history is of course still valid though not up to date. Some links may not work. This is a monthly history list from 1980 to October 1995.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"overviews\" class=\"component-row component-theme-green  padding-top-small padding-bottom-small row-text-white  \" data-logo-color=\"row-text-white\">\n<div class=\"component-row-inner pure-g component-row-standard component-alignment-top \">\n<div class=\"column desktop-hidden tablet-hidden mobile-hidden component-theme-default padding-right-small\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"column  pure-u-lg-1-3 pure-u-md-1-3 pure-u-sm-3-3 component-theme-default padding-right-small \">\n<section class=\"component component-text\">\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"headline2 align-left\">Overviews &amp; Collections<\/h2>\n<div class=\"body-text align-left\">\n<p>Articles and sites offering some historical perspectives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column desktop-hidden tablet-hidden mobile-hidden component-theme-default padding-right-small\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"column  pure-u-lg-1-3 pure-u-md-1-3 pure-u-sm-3-3 component-theme-default padding-right-small \">\n<section class=\"component component-text\">\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"body-text align-left\">\n<h5><a title=\" A History and Forecast\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imaginingtheinternet.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Imagining the Internet: A History and Forecast<\/a><\/h5>\n<p class=\"small-text\">A diverse collection of resources by Elon University and Pew Internet Project including concise historical information, current Internet governance discussions, and predictions about the future of the Internet.<\/p>\n<h5><a title=\"A Concise Guide to the Major Internet Bodies\" href=\"http:\/\/ubiquity.acm.org\/article.cfm?id=1071915\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Concise Guide to the Major Internet Bodies<\/a><\/h5>\n<p class=\"small-text\">By Alex Simonelis<\/p>\n<h5><a title=\"Who is Who in the Internet World (WiWiW.org)\" href=\"http:\/\/wiwiw.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Who is Who in the Internet World (WiWiW.org)<\/a><\/h5>\n<p class=\"small-text\">A perpetual archive devoted to Internet pioneers worldwide.<\/p>\n<h5><a title=\"A Brief History of the Internet\" href=\"http:\/\/www.walthowe.com\/navnet\/history.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Brief History of the Internet<\/a><\/h5>\n<p class=\"small-text\">By Walt Howe, Manager of the Delphi Navigating the Net and Publishing on the Web Forums (Last updated October 24 1998).<\/p>\n<h5><a title=\" The Roads and Crossroads of Internet History\" href=\"http:\/\/www.netvalley.com\/intval.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">History of Internet and WWW: The Roads and Crossroads of Internet History<\/a><\/h5>\n<p class=\"small-text\">An overview of the philosophy and history of the Internet, by Gregory R. Gromov.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column desktop-hidden tablet-hidden mobile-hidden component-theme-default padding-left-small\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"column  pure-u-lg-1-3 pure-u-md-1-3 pure-u-sm-3-3 component-theme-default padding-left-small \">\n<section class=\"component component-text\">\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"body-text align-center\">\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/2002_0918_Internet_History_and_Growth.ppt\">Internet History and Growth<\/a>\u00a0(PPT: 1MB)<\/h5>\n<p class=\"small-text\">Presentation in 2002 by William Slater III \u2013 Chicago Chapter of the Internet Society<\/p>\n<h5><a title=\"Net History\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nethistory.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Net History<\/a><\/h5>\n<p class=\"small-text\">A site dedicated to Internet history links, including Internet, email, web and other related history sources.<\/p>\n<h5><a title=\"History of the Internet\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyofthings.com\/history-of-the-internet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">History of the Internet<\/a><\/h5>\n<p class=\"small-text\">This is an in-depth, researched article about the Internet with accurate and updated data.<\/p>\n<h5><a title=\"Internet for Historians, History of the Internet\" href=\"http:\/\/www.internethistory.leidenuniv.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Internet for Historians, History of the Internet<\/a><\/h5>\n<p class=\"small-text\">(Outline in English) History of the net, designed for non-experts, which also hopes to give some of the concepts necessary to understand how the Net works. Also includes a history of the Web and electronic mail.<\/p>\n<h5><a title=\"The Living Internet\" href=\"http:\/\/livinginternet.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Living Internet<\/a><\/h5>\n<p class=\"small-text\">Examines the history of the Internet, Web, Email, Usenet, and more, using an unique step-by-step approach.<\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/internet\/history-internet\/short-history-of-the-internet\/\">Short History of the Internet<\/a><\/h5>\n<p class=\"small-text\">First published in<em> The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction<\/em> in February 1993, this was written\u00a0by author Bruce Sterling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"regional\" class=\"component-row component-theme-black  padding-top-small padding-bottom-small row-text-white  \" data-logo-color=\"row-text-white\">\n<div class=\"component-row-inner pure-g component-row-standard component-alignment-top \">\n<div class=\"column desktop-hidden tablet-hidden mobile-hidden component-theme-default padding-right\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"column  pure-u-lg-4-12 pure-u-md-4-12 pure-u-sm-12-12 component-theme-default padding-right \">\n<section class=\"component component-text\">\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"headline2 align-left\">Regional Histories<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column desktop-hidden tablet-hidden mobile-hidden component-theme-default padding-right-small\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"column  pure-u-lg-4-12 pure-u-md-4-12 pure-u-sm-12-12 component-theme-default padding-right-small \">\n<section class=\"component component-text\">\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"body-text align-left\">\n<h5><a title=\"History of the Internet in Africa\" href=\"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/internet\/history-of-the-internet-in-africa\/\">History of the Internet in Africa<\/a><\/h5>\n<p class=\"small-text\">Although still a \u201cyoung\u201d technology, the Internet has had a profound impact on the world in the few decades that it has been around. One of the most interesting chapters of this short history has been its development in Africa.<\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/APAC_Timeline_20170622.pdf\">Timeline &amp; History of the Internet in Asia and the Pacific,\u00a01992-2017<\/a><\/h5>\n<h5><a title=\"IUKNOF Internet History Project\" href=\"http:\/\/www.uknof.org.uk\/history.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IUKNOF Internet History Project<\/a><\/h5>\n<p class=\"small-text\">The early days of the Internet in the United Kingdom. As a modest first step, individuals who played key roles in the creation and growth of the Internet in the UK are being invited to give presentations at UKNOF meetings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column desktop-hidden tablet-hidden mobile-hidden component-theme-default padding-left-small\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"column  pure-u-lg-4-12 pure-u-md-4-12 pure-u-sm-12-12 component-theme-default padding-left-small \">\n<section class=\"component component-text\">\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"body-text align-left\">\n<h5 class=\"small-text\"><a title=\"Origins and Nature of the Internet in Australia\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rogerclarke.com\/II\/OzI04.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Origins and Nature of the Internet in Australia<\/a><\/h5>\n<p class=\"small-text\">By Roger Clarke<\/p>\n<h5><a title=\"History and Overview of CSNET\" href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/2918985_History_And_Overview_Of_Csnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">History and Overview of CSNET<\/a>\u00a0(PDF: 156KB)<\/h5>\n<p class=\"small-text\">by Peter J. Denning, with Anthony Hearn and C. William Kern. Published in ACM SIGCOMM 83. This paper reviews the history, the goals, the organisation and the components of CSNET (the Computer Science Research Network). CSNET bridged between the original (closed) ARPANET and the NSFNET (open) by spreading the TCP\/IP and nameserver technology, and by negotiating new policies with ARPA and NSF for commercial traffic on the net.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"timelines\" class=\"component-row component-theme-blue  padding-top-small padding-bottom-small row-text-white  \" data-logo-color=\"row-text-white\">\n<div class=\"component-row-inner pure-g component-row-standard component-alignment-top \">\n<div class=\"column desktop-hidden tablet-hidden mobile-hidden component-theme-default padding-right-small\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"column  pure-u-lg-4-12 pure-u-md-4-12 pure-u-sm-12-12 component-theme-default padding-right-small \">\n<section class=\"component component-text\">\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"headline2 align-left\">Timelines<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column desktop-hidden tablet-hidden mobile-hidden component-theme-default padding-right-small\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"column  pure-u-lg-4-12 pure-u-md-4-12 pure-u-sm-12-12 component-theme-default padding-right-small \">\n<section class=\"component component-text\">\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"body-text align-left\">\n<h5><a title=\"Hobbes' Internet Timeline\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zakon.org\/robert\/internet\/timeline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hobbes\u2019 Internet Timeline<\/a><\/h5>\n<p class=\"small-text\">An Internet timeline highlighting some of the key events and technologies which helped shape the Internet as we know it today.<\/p>\n<h5><a title=\"Internetology\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nsrc.org\/codes\/bymap\/ntlgy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Internetology<\/a><\/h5>\n<p class=\"small-text\">A snapshot of worldwide connectivity every six months from November 1993 to May 1997.<\/p>\n<h5><a title=\"History of the Internet Society\" href=\"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/timeline\/history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">History of the Internet Society<\/a><\/h5>\n<p class=\"small-text\">An interactive timeline of the Internet Society\u2019s history from its founding to the present day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column desktop-hidden tablet-hidden mobile-hidden component-theme-default padding-left-small\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"column  pure-u-lg-4-12 pure-u-md-4-12 pure-u-sm-12-12 component-theme-default padding-left-small \">\n<section class=\"component component-text\">\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"body-text align-left\">\n<h5><a title=\"Keith Lynch's Timeline of net related terms, concepts, stories, and people\" href=\"http:\/\/keithlynch.net\/timeline.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keith Lynch\u2019s Timeline of net related terms, concepts, stories, and people<\/a><\/h5>\n<p class=\"small-text\">A timeline from June 1975 to February 1998 showing when terms, concepts, stories, and people were first mentioned.<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"small-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/ianatimeline\/\">The History of IANA<\/a><\/h5>\n<p class=\"small-text\">A timeline of the history of IANA, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, from its birth in 1972 to the end of 2016.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"other\" class=\"component-row component-theme-lt-gray  padding-top-small padding-bottom-small row-text-black  \" data-logo-color=\"row-text-black\">\n<div class=\"component-row-inner pure-g component-row-standard component-alignment-top \">\n<div class=\"column desktop-hidden tablet-hidden mobile-hidden component-theme-default padding-right-small\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"column  pure-u-lg-4-12 pure-u-md-4-12 pure-u-sm-12-12 component-theme-default padding-right-small \">\n<section class=\"component component-text\">\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"headline2 align-left\">Other Sources<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column desktop-hidden tablet-hidden mobile-hidden component-theme-default padding-right-small\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"column  pure-u-lg-4-12 pure-u-md-4-12 pure-u-sm-12-12 component-theme-default padding-right-small \">\n<section class=\"component component-text\">\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"body-text align-left\">\n<h5><a title=\"The Tao of IETF - A Novice's Guide to the Internet Engineering Task Force\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ietf.org\/tao.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Tao of IETF \u2013 A Novice\u2019s Guide to the Internet Engineering Task Force<\/a><\/h5>\n<p class=\"small-text\">A guide to the history, culture, and philosophy of the IETF.<\/p>\n<h5><a title=\"PBS's Nerds 2.0.1\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Nerds+2.0.1+-+A+Brief+History+of+the+Internet%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PBS\u2019s Nerds 2.0.1<\/a><\/h5>\n<p class=\"small-text\">A follow-up to the original<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column desktop-hidden tablet-hidden mobile-hidden component-theme-default padding-left-small\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"column  pure-u-lg-4-12 pure-u-md-4-12 pure-u-sm-12-12 component-theme-default padding-left-small \">\n<section class=\"component component-text\">\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"body-text align-left\">\n<h5><a title=\" The Interoperability Report\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbi.umn.edu\/hostedpublications\/Connexions\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ConneXions: The Interoperability Report<\/a><\/h5>\n<p class=\"small-text\">ConneXions was a monthly publication which ran from 1987-1996 focusing on computer interoperability, particularly the development of networking protocols. The scanned copies of ConneXion form a valuable archive of technical articles and discussions from a pivotal time in the Internet\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<h5><a title=\"Internet History Mail List\" href=\"https:\/\/elists.isoc.org\/mailman\/listinfo\/internet-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Internet History Mail List<\/a><\/h5>\n<p class=\"small-text\">An archived mailing list for questions about Internet history<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"component-row component-theme-blue  padding-top-small padding-bottom-small row-text-white  \" data-logo-color=\"row-text-white\">\n<div class=\"component-row-inner pure-g component-row-standard component-alignment-center \">\n<div class=\"column desktop-hidden tablet-hidden mobile-hidden component-theme-default\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"column  pure-u-lg--1 pure-u-md-1-1 pure-u-sm-1-1 component-theme-default \">\n<section class=\"component component-text\">\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"body-text align-left\">\n<p><em>Note:\u00a0<\/em>The Internet Society provides this list for information purposes only. We do not monitor, review, or edit the content of any of the external sites listed above. If you have a site you would like listed here,\u00a0<a title=\"please contact us\" href=\"\/contact-us\/\">please contact us<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the Internet A Short History of the Internet From the early days of ARPANET to today\u2019s mobile technologies, the Internet has come a long way. Here we share some of the different histories of the Internet from different people and organizations. 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