Number of hosts breaks 100,000 on the Internet. Gopher released by University of Minnesota. World Bank comes on-line. InterNIC created by NSF, responsible for Internet protocols and standards. Businesses and media really take notice of the Internet.
Communities begin to be wired up directly to the Internet.
Shopping malls arrive on the Internet. 25 million people use the Internet, and over 2 million computers are connected to it. A new system of Network Access Points comes into force in the United States to handle increased Internet traffic. The World Wide Web becomes the most popular part of the Internet based on traffic. Private industry takes over, and the Internet becomes commercialized.