{"id":17233,"date":"2024-01-23T08:11:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T13:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstsiteguide.com\/?p=17233"},"modified":"2024-01-13T17:11:46","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T22:11:46","slug":"who-invented-internet-part-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firstsiteguide.com\/who-invented-internet-part-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Invented The Internet? Internet History: 1990\u20131999 Timeline (Part 6)","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"
Update: This article is part of a series. Check out the full series: Part 1<\/a><\/em>, Part 2<\/a><\/em>, Part 3<\/a><\/em>, Part 4<\/em><\/a>, Part 5<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n The 1990s were packed with advancement in the digital world, characterized by groundbreaking developments in internet technology. During this time period there was also the emergence of soon-to-be digital titans that have shaped the online world as we know it today including eBay, Amazon, PayPal, and Google. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Association for Progressive Communications or APC, was founded by Karen Banks and her associates. This nonprofit organization was a network of global experts whose goals were to create and maintain a free and transparent internet network. The whole of society was to benefit from this technology and not just big companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Source: Internet Hall of Fame<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n In 1990 Dr. Stephen Kent started getting interested in open networks and their security. Until 1999 he would work on securing these networks and perfecting their protection methods for safer use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Source: Internet Hall of Fame<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n This year is also the start of internet development in Latin America. From 1990 to 1999 Ida Holz led a group of computer scientists and experts on the path to developing various computer networks across Latin America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Source: Lacnic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Academic Internet Network of Sri Lanka was deployed. The network LEARN was created and managed by Gihan Dias.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Source: Internet Hall of Fame<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Linux was created by Linus Torvalds. The concept of Open Source Software is brought into the mainstream and from there on, it exists as a part of the free internet idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Source: Linfo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Electronic Frontier Foundation is founded by John Perry Barlow and his associates. The goal of this organization is to provide legal support to technologies and individuals in case of legal abuse related to the new technologies that are being developed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1990 is the year when the world saw the first ever version of Photoshop. It was a revolutionary photo editing software the likes of which nobody had ever seen before. John and Thomas Knoll are the two brothers behind Photoshop. Thirty years later, Photoshop is still the most popular photo editor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Source: PopularMechanics.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe True Era Of The World Wide Web<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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