DMOZ - Computers: Internet: History

History

Accounts of the origins and development of the Internet. Archived material from the Internet's past.

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Net Valley

Explores the history of the Internet. Includes information on significant companies and Silicon Valley history.

1971 Prediction of the Web/Telesphere

The cyberspace concept was described (and referred to as "telepresence") in the 108pp book "Man in the Telesphere". The complete text is now provided on-line.

80s BBS

Yahoo group dedicated to the preservation of the history of the online world in the days before the Web (pre-1990). Text files, old buffer dumps, BBS discussions, buffers, or anything related to this era is welcome.

A Brief History of the Internet

An anecdotal history by Walt Howe of the people and communities that brought about the Internet and the Web. Includes a glossary of terms.

Brief History of the Internet

Ross Shannon provides an overview of the Internet's origins, from ARPANET and email to the Web. Includes a breakdown of the components that make up the Internet.

Community Memory

Archive of postings to this discussion list dedicated to the history of The Internet.

History of the Internet: Internet for Historians

This overview by Richard T. Griffiths covers the development of computers, ArpaNet, email, search engines and Basic Net Data.

Internet Society: A Brief History of the Internet

An authoritative history, written by some of those who were most closely associated with its creation and development.

Internet Society: Internet Histories

A list of links to resources.

The Internet: Past, Present and Future: Internet and WWW History

Scholarly article by Jesper Vissing Laursen on the development of the Internet.

The Morris Internet Worm

Charles Schmidt and Tom Darby explain the what, why, and how of the 1988 Internet worm.

Netizens Netbook

Anthology of the history of Usenet and the Internet, including descriptive as well as theoretical work.

SearchEngineWatch: Search Engine Birthdays

It's been a little more than ten years ago that the first web search engines were born. Chris Sherman charts the dates starting with WWW Wanderer in 1993.

The Story of the PING Program

Brief article about this network utility, written by its creator, Mike Muuss.

World Wide Web Journal

Published from the winter of 1996 thru the fall of 1997. All issues online, including the Fourth International World Wide Web Conference Proceedings.

World-Wide Web: Origins And Beyond

Lenny Zeltser describes some of the historical aspects of World-Wide Web development, as well as other forms of hypertext such as Xanadu.

Paul Graham - What the Bubble Got Right

Essay derived from an invited talk at ICFP 2004. Discusses the dot-com bubble and lasting lessons learned from it. (September 01, 2004)

A Short History of Internet Protocols at CERN

Ben Segal traces the history of the Internet at CERN. (April 01, 1995)

The Executive Computer; A Web of Networks, an Abundance of Services

An early New York Times article on the Internet. (February 28, 1993)