Browse this collection of cybermaps that offers a visual representation of the Internet. View conceptual, artistic and geographic maps.
Find over a dozen links to historical information on computers and the Internet.
Presents a summary of a paper titled "The Average Evolution: On the Origin and Impact of Information in Evolution." Full text is in Dutch.
FAQ from 1993 provides a snapshot of the early Web. Read basic definitions of hypermedia and guides to early browsers.
Independent researcher provides stats on Web user and Internet network growth, as well as terminology definitions needed to interpret the data.
Asks what is the history of the Internet, and answers the question with a chronological breakdown of the advances made in Internet technology.
Listen to an archived, RealAudio discussion of the Net's origins and development, or peruse related links.
Find links to historical information featuring the Net and the World Wide Web.
Year-by-year chronology of the advances and breakthroughs made in creating one of the most powerful information tools ever.
Nonprofit organization logs and document information on the Web for the benefit of future historians.
Guide to computing contains a chapter focusing on the origins and rapid worldwide expansion of the Internet.
Brief timeline of the Web's history dating from 1980, with links to relevant areas of interest.
RAND Corporation archives early '60s memos by Paul Baran on distributed communications networks. Read them to see the origins of the Internet.
Find out about the history and workings of the Net. Discusses email, Internet protocols and WWW information.
Contains abbreviated histories of the Internet, the World Wide Web, Internet Relay Chat and Multiuser Dungeons.
Traces the history of the Net at CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics, from the '70s to the '90s.
Find out how the Internet evolved into a powerful communication tool. Includes lists of recommended related readings.
Outlines the communities and finances involved in the creation of the Net. Peruse a timeline and links to related stories.
Howard Rheingold's 1985 book, now otherwise out of print, documents the people and ideas of the "next computer revolution."
Companion site to two specials that aired on PBS furnishes profiles of some of the Internet's most influential people since its 1969 creation.