Click on the titles below for more detailed information about the sites. The authors represent a number of the cyberspace pioneers who were directly involved in the development of the Internet as a major means of communication. The glossary provides standard definitions for terms used in the telecommunications industry and are drawn from a range of authoritative non-government sources. A timeline of Internet history, highlighting key events and the development of new technologies. Includes the meanings for acronyms, abbreviations, terms, symbols, slang, and jargon currently being used on the Internet.
Students click on a timeline to locate Internet development events on a yearly basis.
The timeline begins in 1962 and goes through to 1997. Information about technical developments, user statistics, commentary on innovative uses and the impact of the Internet have been included. A series of Frequently Asked Questions from Tim Berners-Lee who invented the World Wide Web in 1989. Topics such as privacy, metadata, ECommerce, education, history, hypertext, standards, design considerations and biographical queries are covered. Includes a comprehensive history of communication - inventions, signs and symbols, oral and written communication, mass media.