| Directory > Computers > Internet > History The Story of the PING Program
Brief article about this network utility, written by its creator, Mike Muuss.
http://ftp.arl.mil/~mike/ping.html
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A Short History of Internet Protocols at CERN
Ben Segal traces the history of the Internet at CERN.
http://ben.home.cern.ch/ben/TCPHIST.html
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NetHistory
A directory of sites on the history of the Internet, Usenet, Web, email and related topics.
http://nethistory.urldir.com/
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The Morris Internet Worm
Charles Schmidt and Tom Darby explain the what, why, and how of the 1988 Internet worm.
http://www.snowplow.org/tom/worm/worm.html
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A Tour of the Worm
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.
http://world.std.com/%7Efranl/worm.html
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The Internet: Past, Present and Future: Internet and WWW History
Scholarly article by Jesper Vissing Laursen on the development of the Internet.
http://www.vissing.dk/inthist.html
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The NSFNET Backbone Project, 1987-1995
Merit explains how it managed and re-engineered the NSFNET Backbone. Includes bibliography.
http://www.merit.edu/merit/archive/nsfnet/
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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.
http://www.isoc.org/internet-history/brief.html
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The History of the Net
A thesis with bibliography written in 1993 by Henry Edward Hardy.
http://www.vrx.net/usenet/history/hardy/
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The World Wide Web History Project
A collaborative effort to record and publish the history of the World Wide Web and its roots in
hypermedia and networking.
http://www.webhistory.org/
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The History of 404
The story behind HTTP/1.1 404 Object Not Found, and Room 404 at CERN. Wait for the real page to
load.
http://www.room404.com/
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History of the Web Beginning at CERN
Cheryl Gribble gives a clear outline with bibliography and links to related sites.
http://www.hitmill.com/internet/web_history.asp
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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.
http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3071951
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Netizens Netbook
Anthology of the history of Usenet and the Internet, including descriptive as well as theoretical
work.
http://www.columbia.edu/~hauben/netbook/
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A Brief History of the Internet
Microsoft explains the origins of the web in ArpaNet, the contribution of Tim Berners-Lee, the
World Wide Web Consortium and domain names.
http://www.microsoft.com/insider/guide/history.asp
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OrangePeel.com: History of the Internet
Steven Hartley covers topics such as IMP, Packet Switching, ARPAnet, and TCP/IP.
http://www.orangepeel.com/newOP/en/internet/shortHistory.php
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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.
http://www.w3j.com/
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History of the Internet
Dr. Rognar Ismaellsen covers the Web, ARPAnet, and TCP/IP.
http://nethistory.hot-1000.com/
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Net Valley
Explores the history of the Internet. Includes information on significant companies and Silicon
Valley history.
http://www.netvalley.com/
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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.
http://www.yourhtmlsource.com/starthere/historyofthenet.html
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Alphabet Soup: The History of DNS
Ross Wm. Rader looks at the evolution of the Domain Name Service.
http://www.whmag.com/content/0601/dns/
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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.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/80sBBS/
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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.
http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/history/ivh/frame_theorie.html
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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.
http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/history.html
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NetHistory
Chris Condon's informal history of BITNET and the Internet. Includes early net publications.
http://nethistory.dumbentia.com/
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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.
http://www.acm.org/crossroads/xrds2-1/inet-history.html
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Short History of the Internet
Science fiction author Bruce Sterling recounts the early history of ARPAnet and the Internet in
this 1993 article.
http://www.forthnet.gr/forthnet/isoc/short.history.of.internet
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The Role of Government in the Evolution of the Internet
Robet E. Kahn's contribution to "Revolution in the U.S. Information Structure", published
in 1994 by the National Academy of Sciences.
http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/newpath/chap2.html
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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.
http://www.zeltser.com/WWW/
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Community Memory
Archive of postings to this discussion list dedicated to the history of The Internet.
http://memex.org/community-memory.html
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