Community Memory

Archive of postings to this discussion list dedicated to the history of The Internet.
http://memex.org/community-memory.html

The Role of Government in the Evolution of the Internet

Robet E. Kahn's contribution to "Revolution in the U.S. Information Structure", published in 1994 by the National Academy of Sciences.
http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/newpath/chap2.html

From Wartime Tool to the Fish Cam

Scott Ruthfield explores the beginnings of the Internet, development of IMPs and packet-switching, ARPAnet, TCP/IP, and NSFNet, with references.
http://www.acm.org/crossroads/xrds2-1/inet-history.html

NetHistory

Chris Condon's informal history of BITNET and the Internet. Includes early net publications.
http://nethistory.dumbentia.com/

A Brief History of the Internet

An anecdotal history by Walt Howe of the people and communities that brought about the Internet and the Web. Includes a glossary of terms.
http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/history.html

History of the Internet: Internet for Historians

This overview by Richard T. Griffiths covers the development of computers, ArpaNet, email, search engines and Basic Net Data.
http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/history/ivh/frame_theorie.html

80s BBS

Yahoo group dedicated to the preservation of the history of the online world in the days before the Web (pre-1990). Text files, old buffer dumps, BBS discussions, buffers, or anything related to this era is welcome.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/80sBBS/

Brief History of the Internet

Ross Shannon provides an overview of the Internet's origins, from ARPANET and email to the Web. Includes a breakdown of the components that make up the Internet.
http://www.yourhtmlsource.com/starthere/historyofthenet.html

Net Valley

Explores the history of the Internet. Includes information on significant companies and Silicon Valley history.
http://www.netvalley.com/

History of the Internet

Dr. Rognar Ismaellsen covers the Web, ARPAnet, and TCP/IP.
http://nethistory.hot-1000.com/

World Wide Web Journal

Published from the winter of 1996 thru the fall of 1997. All issues online, including the Fourth International World Wide Web Conference Proceedings.
http://www.w3j.com/

OrangePeel.com: History of the Internet

Steven Hartley covers topics such as IMP, Packet Switching, ARPAnet, and TCP/IP.
http://www.orangepeel.com/newOP/en/internet/shortHistory.php

A Brief History of the Internet

Microsoft explains the origins of the web in ArpaNet, the contribution of Tim Berners-Lee, the World Wide Web Consortium and domain names.
http://www.microsoft.com/insider/guide/history.asp

Netizens Netbook

Anthology of the history of Usenet and the Internet, including descriptive as well as theoretical work.
http://www.columbia.edu/~hauben/netbook/

SearchEngineWatch: Search Engine Birthdays

It's been a little more than ten years ago that the first web search engines were born. Chris Sherman charts the dates starting with WWW Wanderer in 1993.
http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3071951

History of the Web Beginning at CERN

Cheryl Gribble gives a clear outline with bibliography and links to related sites.
http://www.hitmill.com/internet/web_history.asp

The History of 404

The story behind HTTP/1.1 404 Object Not Found, and Room 404 at CERN. Wait for the real page to load.
http://www.room404.com/

The World Wide Web History Project

A collaborative effort to record and publish the history of the World Wide Web and its roots in hypermedia and networking.
http://www.webhistory.org/

The Internet: Past, Present and Future: Internet and WWW History

Scholarly article by Jesper Vissing Laursen on the development of the Internet.
http://www.vissing.dk/inthist.html

A Tour of the Worm

Donn Seeley tells the story of the Internet Worm of 1988 and how it effectively shut down the Internet. Proceedings of the Winter USENIX Technical Conference, San Diego, California, January 1989.
http://world.std.com/%7Efranl/worm.html

The Morris Internet Worm

Charles Schmidt and Tom Darby explain the what, why, and how of the 1988 Internet worm.
http://www.snowplow.org/tom/worm/worm.html

NetHistory

A directory of sites on the history of the Internet, Usenet, Web, email and related topics.
http://nethistory.urldir.com/

A Short History of Internet Protocols at CERN

Ben Segal traces the history of the Internet at CERN.
http://ben.home.cern.ch/ben/TCPHIST.html

The Story of the PING Program

Brief article about this network utility, written by its creator, Mike Muuss.
http://ftp.arl.mil/~mike/ping.html

Merit: History

Merit explains how it managed and re-engineered the NSFNET Backbone.
http://www.merit.edu/home/about/history.html

Paul Graham - What the Bubble Got Right

Essay derived from an invited talk at ICFP 2004. Discusses the dot-com bubble and lasting lessons learned from it.
http://www.paulgraham.com/bubble.html

Internet Society: A Brief History of the Internet

An authoritative history, written by some of those who were most closely associated with its creation and development.
http://www.isoc.org/internet/history/brief.shtml

Internet Society: Internet Histories

A list of links to resources.
http://www.isoc.org/internet/history/

Yahoo! Netrospective: 10 years, 100 moments of the Web

Yahoo!'s picks of the top 100 moments from the first 10 years of the Internet. Inspired by 10x10 by Jonathan Harris.
http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/

World-Wide Web: Origins And Beyond

Lenny Zeltser describes some of the historical aspects of World-Wide Web development, as well as other forms of hypertext such as Xanadu.
http://www.zeltser.com/web-history/