Late 1960's : ARPANet - Military network - Decentralized (easy for new nodes to be added) - Send messages to/from different types of computers - Open communication protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP) - 4 nodes (4 universities) 1970's : Mainly used by universities (educational network) - MILNet (Military network) : private Internet - Services such as e-mail, newsgroup, listserv developed 1980's : Internet (some companies started using) 1990's : World Wide Web - GUI for the Internet - Makes Internet easier to use - Led to connections starting to increase exponentially - Transformed into a commercial network Internet: Hardware World Wide Web: One of the services available on the Internet (software)