Key Players in the History of the Internet (from the video)

Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA)


Bolt, Baraneck & Newman (BBN)

note: now, Genuity

 
Mark Andriesen - Mosaic
Paul Baran - ARPA builder, packets
Tim Berners-Lee - inventor of the World Wide Web
Vinton Cerf - protocols
Stephen Crocker - ARPA software writer
Frank Heart - BBN project manager
Bob Kahn - protocols
Leonard Kleinrock - packet switching, queing theory
Frank Lickliter - first proposed a network that could serve as an alternative to the telephone system
Robert Metcalfe - Ethernet
Larry Roberts - ARPA, connecting computers, networking
Bob Taylor - ARPA, timesharing
Raymond Tomlinson - email
 
The first webpage!
 
Since 2000...
increasing speeds - audio/video, streaming
wireless - mobility (devices)
social media
 

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