Timeline
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| 1969 | Arpanet is founded | |
| 1970 | ALOHAnet connects computers using packet radio signals | |
| 1974 | TELEnet is created as a commercial "twin" to ARPAnet, TCP protocol created | |
| 1977 | Internet is truly born as networks are interconnected using TCP | |
| 1976 | UUCP (an alternative to TCP) is created by AT&T's Bell Labs | |
| 1979 | Usenet created using UUCP | |
| 1981 | BITnet created by CUNY and Yale using IBM's connection protocol, CSnet also created | |
| 1983 | All ARPAnet servers were switched to TCP/IP protocol, name servers also added to the network | |
| 1984 | Domain Name Servers introduced, Apple makes the first Macintosh computer | |
| 1986 | NSFnet created | |
| 1988 | NSF considers commercializing their network | |
| 1989 | STD connects to UUnet | |
| 1991 | CIX founded, High Performance Computing Act is passed, | |
| ANS (NSF's contractor) converts to T3 lines and founds CO+RE | ||
| 1993 | National Information Infrastructure Act is passed, NSF reinterprets their AUP, | |
| STD offers first ISP, Internet is effectively commercialized |