The document outlines the timeline of key developments in the history of the Internet from 1836 to the present. Some of the major milestones include the development of the telegraph in 1836, the telephone in 1876, the launch of Sputnik in 1957, the development of packet switching networks in the 1960s, the creation of ARPANET and the birth of the Internet in 1969, the invention of email in 1971, the establishment of TCP/IP in 1982, the introduction of domain name servers in 1984, and the creation of the World Wide Web in 1991. The timeline shows how the Internet has evolved from early networking research to a global system used for communication, business, media and more.

1. THE TIMELINE OF INTERNET
1836
• Telegraph. Cooke and Wheatstone patent it.
1876
• Telephone. Alexander Graham Bell Exhibits.
• Telephones exchanges provide the backbone of Internet
connections today.
1957
• USSR launches Sputnik, first artificial earth satellite.
• Satellites play an important role in transmitting all sorts of
data today.
1962-1968
• Packet-switching (PS) networks developed
• Networks can withstand large scale destruction
1969
• Birth of Internet
• ARPANET commissioned by DoD for research into networking
1971
• People communicate over a network
• E-mail invented -- a program to send messages across a
distributed network.

2. THE TIMELINE OF INTERNET
1977
• E-mail takes off, Internet becomes a reality
1982
• TCP/IP defines future communication
1984
• Growth of Internet Continues
• Domain Name Server (DNS) introduced
1987
• Commercialisation of Internet Born
1989
• Large growth in Internet
• First relays between a commercial electronic mail carrier and the
Internet
1991
• Modernisation Begins
• Commercial Internet eXchange (CIX) Association, Inc. formed
after NSF lifts restrictions on the commercial use of the Net.

3. THE TIMELINE OF INTERNET
1991
•Friendly User Interface to WWW established
•Text based, menu-driven interface to access internet resources.
•World-Wide Web (WWW) released by CERN; Tim Berners-Lee
developer.
1992
•Multimedia changes the face of the Internet
•The term "Surfing the Internet" is coined by Jean Armour Polly.
1993
•The WWW Revolution truly begins
•Business and Media really take notice of the Internet.
•US White House and United Nations (UN) comes on-line.
1996
• Microsoft enter
• Internet phones catch the attention of US telecommunication
companies
1996 to PRESENT
• The internet is still finding ways to connect with people much
better than the usual.
• The internet is satisfying the people and serving them with good
service.