1960: Hypertext
- Ted Nelson uses the word hypertext for the first time, referencing the theories of 1945.
1961-1965: Information sharing
- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) starts to research sharing information in small, phone-linked networks. ARPA is one of their main sponsors.
1962: Research on networking
- Douglas Englebart writes a paper titled “Augmenting Human Intellect : A Conceptual Framework” about networking information. He later invents the mouse.
1963: The birth of hypertext
- Douglas Englebart tries to turn his theories into reality with the first successful implementation of hypertext. By 1968, he’s ready to present it to the world.
1966: University networks
- The first ARPANET plan is unveiled by Larry Roberts of MIT. Packet switching technology is getting off the ground, and small university networks are beginning to be developed.
1968: Information storing
- Douglas Englebart develops NLS used to store and retrieve electronic documents via hyperlinks — a term coined by Ted Nelson.
1969: Unix
- Unix comes to life. This is the operating system whose design heavily influenced Linux and FreeBSD, the operating systems most popular in today’s web servers/web hosting services.
1969 The Internet is born
- ARPANET commissioned by DoD for research into networking.
