History

Media publications

• A Short History of Internet Protocols at CERN - Ben Segal traces the history of the Internet at CERN. (Published 1995.04.00)
• From Wartime Tool to the Fish Cam - Scott Ruthfield explores the beginnings of the Internet, development of IMPs and packet-switching, ARPAnet, TCP/IP, and NSFNet, with references. (Published 1995.09.00)
• 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. (Published 2004.09.00)
• 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. (Published 2003.09.09)
• The Executive Computer; A Web of Networks, an Abundance of Services - An early New York Times article on the Internet. (Published 1993.02.28)

	Community Memory URL: http://memex.org/community-memory.html ODP description: Archive of postings to this discussion list dedicated to the history of The Internet. Page title: The Matrix: Community Memory
	NetHistory URL: http://nethistory.dumbentia.com/ ODP description: Chris Condon's informal history of BITNET and the Internet. Includes early net publications.
	80s BBS URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/80sBBS/ ODP description: 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. Page title: 80sBBS : Online in the 1980s - 80s BBS Scene - Help preserve an era - Text Files + GFiles + Buffers + BBS Lists Page description: 80sBBS: Online in the 1980s - 80s BBS Scene - Help preserve an era - Text Files + GFiles + Buffers + BBS Lists
	World Wide Web Journal URL: http://www.w3j.com/ ODP description: Published from the winter of 1996 thru the fall of 1997. All issues online, including the Fourth International World Wide Web Conference Proceedings. Page title: W3J.Com: Journals, Plans, Papers & Documentation Page description: W3J.Com provides resources and materials to support corporate and IT governance.
	The World Wide Web History Project URL: http://www.webhistory.org/ ODP description: A collaborative effort to record and publish the history of the World Wide Web and its roots in hypermedia and networking. Page title: World Wide Web History Center
	The Morris Internet Worm URL: http://www.snowplow.org/tom/worm/worm.html ODP description: Charles Schmidt and Tom Darby explain the what, why, and how of the 1988 Internet worm.
	Yahoo! Netrospective: 10 years, 100 moments of the Web URL: http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/ ODP description: Yahoo celebrates its 10th birthday with an overview of the most important web moments during these years. Featuring ODP, as number 44, in the 5th row, 4th column. Inspired by 10x10 by Jonathan Harris.
	The Role of Government in the Evolution of the Internet URL: http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/newpath/chap2.html ODP description: Robet E. Kahn's contribution to "Revolution in the U.S. Information Structure", published in 1994 by the National Academy of Sciences. Page title: Revolution in the U.S. Information Infrastructure
	A Brief History of the Internet URL: http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/history.html ODP description: An anecdotal history by Walt Howe of the people and communities that brought about the Internet and the Web. Includes a glossary of terms. Page description: Anecdotal Internet History showing the increasing development of friendly utilities, menus, and search engines driven by rapid expansion and the demand for convenience and ease of use by less sophisticated users, businesses, and communities of interest.
	Brief History of the Internet URL: http://www.yourhtmlsource.com/starthere/historyofthenet.html ODP description: 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. Page title: The History of the Net | from inception to world-wide success || HTMLSource ]
	Netizens: On the History and Impact of Usenet and the Internet URL: http://www.columbia.edu/~hauben/netbook/ ODP description: Links to Michael and Ronda Hauben's on-line book. Presents the history and impact of various aspects of the Net, such as the Internet, ARPANET, and Usenet. Attempts to help readers understand the origins of the Net, so they might help preserve its value throughout future developments and changes. Page title: Netizens Netbook
	The Internet: Past, Present and Future: Internet and WWW History URL: http://www.vissing.dk/inthist.html ODP description: Scholarly article by Jesper Vissing Laursen on the development of the Internet. Page title: The Internet: Past, Present and Future - Internet & WWW History Page description: An essay detailing the history and background of the Internet
	Internet Society: A Brief History of the Internet URL: http://www.isoc.org/internet/history/brief.shtml ODP description: An authoritative history, written by some of those who were most closely associated with its creation and development. Page title: Internet Society (ISOC) All About The Internet: History of the Internet
	World-Wide Web: Origins And Beyond URL: http://www.zeltser.com/web-history/ ODP description: Lenny Zeltser describes some of the historical aspects of World-Wide Web development, as well as other forms of hypertext such as Xanadu. Page title: Lenny Zeltser - The World-Wide Web: Origins and Beyond Page description: This often-sited article discusses the history and the structure of the Web, and offers a peak at the future of information sharing.
	History of the Web Beginning at CERN URL: http://www.hitmill.com/internet/web_history.asp ODP description: Cheryl Gribble gives a clear outline with bibliography and links to related sites. Page description: The History of the Web Beginning at CERN is an original research with Bibliography and Related Links.
	A Tour of the Worm URL: http://world.std.com/~franl/worm.html ODP description: Donn Seeley tells the story of the Internet Worm of 1988 and how it effectively shut down the Internet. Proceedings of the Winter USENIX Technical Conference, San Diego, California, January 1989.
	The Story of the PING Program URL: http://ftp.arl.mil/~mike/ping.html ODP description: Brief article about this network utility, written by its creator, Mike Muuss.
	Internet Society: Internet Histories URL: http://www.isoc.org/internet/history/ ODP description: A list of links to resources. Page title: Internet Society (ISOC) All About The Internet: History of the Internet
	History of the Internet: Internet for Historians URL: http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/history/ivh/frame_theorie.html ODP description: This overview by Richard T. Griffiths covers the development of computers, ArpaNet, email, search engines and Basic Net Data. Page title: History of the Internet, Internet for Historians, History of the Internet, Internet for Historians
	Netvalley URL: http://www.netvalley.com/ ODP description: IT history, reports, statistics and ranks. Page title: Computer Companies, Computer Magazines, Internet History, Web History, Silicon Valley, Online Banks, Netvalley