history of the www hfe 451/651. prior to 1989 j.c.r. licklider of mit writes series of memos...
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Prior to 1989 Internet was strictly text-based computer linked network. Consisted primarily of , news groups, research text/data files, program utility files. Used in a universally agreed upon protocol standard. –TCP/IP (Transport Control Protocol/Interface ProgramTRANSCRIPT
History of the WWWHistory of the WWW
HFE 451/651
Prior to 1989Prior to 1989
J.C.R. Licklider of MIT writes series of memos discussing his "Galactic Network" concept in 1962.
He envisioned a globally interconnected set of computers through which everyone could quickly access data and programs from any site.
Licklider was the first head of the computer research program at DARPA.
While at DARPA he convinced his successors at DARPA, Ivan Sutherland, Bob Taylor, and MIT researcher Lawrence G. Roberts, of the importance of this networking concept.
Prior to 1989Prior to 1989
Internet was strictly text-based computer linked network.
Consisted primarily of email, news groups, research text/data files, program utility files.
Used in a universally agreed upon protocol standard.– TCP/IP (Transport Control Protocol/Interface Program
19891989
Tim Berners-Lee (European Particle Physics Lab)Envisioned an organized, categorized, searchable
set of linked filesEstablished a TCP/IP based protocol using HTML
19931993
University of Illinois, National Center for SuperComputing Applications (NCSA)
Developed graphical user interface web browser – Mosaic
Univ of Illinois master copyright license – Spyglass
Marc Andeersen student working at NCSA
19941994
Marc Andreesen and Jim Clark establish Netscape Corporation producing Netscape Navigator web browser.
Server program sold to Internet entrepreneurs $1500Client program distributed to universities and students for
freeNavigator was the preeminent WWW browser, Microsoft
not yet a player.World Wide Web Consortium establihsed in October 94
– This group is the coordinating facilitators of HTML protocols and standards for WWW.
Summer 1995Summer 1995
Sun MicroSystems released Java cross-platform programming language
Netscape Navigator 2.0 released included Java script.
Netscape goes publicMicrosoft Windows 95 includes Internet Explorer
with Java script and VBscript.
19991999
Netscape Communicator 4.5 (JavaScript 1.2)Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 (JavaScript and
VB Script)HTML 3.2 and 4.0
20002000
Netscape Navigator on version 4.61Microsoft Explorer 5.0
Timeline Timeline
Links for History of the WWWLinks for History of the WWW
http://www.vissing.dk/Internet.History/ihistlist.html
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