1969 The first locations commissioned by DOD (ARPA)
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1971 # host computers = 23
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1982 Standards for TCP and IP established.
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1983-4 Name server and domain name server developed.
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1984 #host computers > 1,000
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1986 NSFNET backbone established, 56Kbps
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1987 #host computers > 10,000
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1989 NSFNET backbone upgraded to T1 (1.544Mbps)
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#host computers > 100,000
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1992 Internet Society is chartered, World Wide Web released by CERN
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NSFNET backbone upgraded to T3 (44.736Mbps)
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#host computers > 1,000,000
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1993 NSF experiments with 600 Megabit backbone
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#host computers > 2,000,000
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