Internet History : 80s : Universities

80s : Adoption of TCP/IP (82).

early 1980s, a permanent Australian email connection to the U.S. ARPAnet

81 : Minitel (Teletel) is deployed across France by France Telecom

82 : DCA and ARPA : Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and Internet Protocol (IP)

• First definitions of an "internet" : connected set of networks, specifically those using TCP/IP, and "Internet" as connected TCP/IP internets.

• DoD declares TCP/IP suite to be standard for DoD

• Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) comes into existence under the Internet Activities Board (IAB)

• Spreading in Universities.

  • Email

  • USENET

  • FTP, Telnet

• 89 : AARNET - Australian Academic Research Network