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  • <w3history>
    An open project and work in progress to create a comprehensive history of the Internet and the WWW from 1989 to the present day.
    www.w3history.org
  • ARPANET (2)
    dir.yahoo.com/.../History/ARPANET
  • Business Plan Archive
    Project by the University of Maryland to collect business plans and related documents from the dot-com era.
    www.businessplanarchive.org
  • Community Memory
    Discussion list on the history of cyberspace.
    memex.org/community-memory.html
  • DotcomArchive.org
    Archiving the Dot Com Era, includes recollections from the Internet boom of the 1990s.
    www.dotcomarchive.org
  • Founding Father
    Engineer Paul Baran, one of the key architects of the Internet, is interviewed by Stewart Brand for Wired 9:03, March 2001.
    www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.03/baran.html
  • Greatest Internet Moments
    Dave Cassel trawls the archives to present his take on the 100 best Internet moments so far.
    www.aolwatch.org/100
  • History of the Internet
    Timeline of the development of the Internet.
    www.davesite.com/webstation/net-history.shtml
  • History of the Internet and Web
    In timeline format, with emphasis on the many creators and their contributions.
    www.anderbergfamily.net/ant/history
  • Hobbes' Internet Timeline
    Starting in 1950, tracing the events that lead to the Internet of today.
    www.zakon.org/robert/internet/timeline
  • Internet Archive, The (5) [*]
    Find sites related to the Internet Archive, a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts saved in digital form.
    dir.yahoo.com/.../History/Internet_Archive__The
  • Internet Historical Society
    Where long-time netizens can post short essays about how things were on the net in the "old days."
    www.internet-history.org
  • Internet Memes
    Internet meme timeline running from 1986 to present. Users can register and add to, or edit the timeline. Includes such classics as Ate My Balls, Hampsterdance, Numa Numa, Leeroy Jenkins, Chuck Norris, the Star Wars Kid, and LOL Catz.
    www.dipity.com/user/tatercakes/timeline/Internet_Memes
  • Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet
    www.pbs.org/opb/nerds2.0.1
  • net.history
    Collection of links to Internet history resources.
    nethistory.urldir.com
  • NetHistory
    Dedicated to the preservation of Internet and BITNET history.
    nethistory.dumbentia.com
  • Netizens: On the History and Impact of Usenet and the Internet
    www.columbia.edu/~hauben/netbook
  • NetValley
    Offers a history of the Internet and Silicon Valley.
    www.netvalley.com
  • RFC 2555
    Commemorating and recollecting 30 years of RFCs, as a tribute to the late Jon Postel, RFC archivist.
    www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2555.html
  • Roads and Crossroads of Internet's History
    www.internetvalley.com/intvalold.html
  • Tools for Thought
    Online copy of a popular book on the origins of modern computing.
    www.rheingold.com/texts/tft/1.html
  • Turning on the World Wide Web
    Interview with particle physicist Paul Kunz, who wrote and posted the first American Web page.
    news.com.com/2008-1082-276771.html?legacy=cnet
  • USENIX ;login: - the first isp
    First-person account of building the first commercial ISP in 1989, before the Web was born. By Spike Ilacqua.
    www.usenix.org/publications/login/1999-2/isp.html
  • Wikipedia: History of the Internet
    Covers motivation, growth, applications, and standards.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Internet
 


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