Making Sense of the Internet Timeline

        For Friday's discussion of Internet history, and the future of the "Darknet," it's so-called "evil twin," try to figure out how important events in the 'net's history maps onto your own life.  

·         What was the original "backbone" of the 'net constructed to serve when it was "ARPANET," and what did that acronym stand for?  How did the Internet change from an American institution to an international one? 

·         When was the first email sent? 

·         When did the first destructive program crash the 'net--yes, the entire Internet, stopping all activity until the problem was fixed? 

·         When was the "WorldWideWeb" introduced (i.e., what the "www" stands for)? 

·         When did the first commercial retailers set up virtual "shops" on the Web? 

·         Notice when Robert Zakon's timeline for Internet growth ceases--2004.  How would you begin to continue that timeline with online innovations that have happened in the last five years, while you were active users of the 'net?