Just a small company in Albuquerque, New Mexico trying to get into the computer game. Who would have known at the time just what it meant. The company that placed the ad, was Microsoft. 1983 - The number of hosts breaks 500 .
Technology marches on.
1986 - The number of Internet hosts breaks 5000 . 1989 - Number of hosts breaks 100,000 . 1992 - Number of hosts breaks 1,000,000 . 1993 - The number of Internet hosts breaks 2,000,000 . As the Internet celebrates its 25th anniversary , the military strategies that influenced its birth become historical footnotes.