Development of TCP/IP

The first packet switching network and predecessor to today’s Internet was the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET), which came to life in 1969 by connecting mainframe computers at four locations. ARPANET was funded by the U.S. Department of Defense for use by universities and research laboratories.

Click through the timeline in the figure to see details about the development of other network protocols and applications.

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