Global Networking:
a Timeline

Dr T. Matthew Ciolek*,

Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies,
Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au

Created: 9 Jan 1999. Last updated: 1 Nov 2008

This document, intended as a reliable electronic reference tool, provides a timeline for three types of developments and milestones: (1) advances in long distance person-to-person communication; (2) advances in storage, replication, cataloguing, finding, and retrieval of data; (3) standardisation of concepts and tools for long distance interaction.

See also From the Abacus to the Apple: a Timeline by Dr Bobbi A. Kerlin

This resource is only as good as the collated information itself. Please email any additional data and corrections to tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au. Your collaboration and input is warmly appreciated.

work in progress - tmc

Google
 
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Twenty most recently added data points are:
1970 Jan; 2006 Jun; 2006 Jul; 2006 Nov; 2006 Dec; 1995 Mar; 2001 Jan; 2001 Dec; 2002 Dec; 2003 Dec; 2004 Dec; 2006 Dec; 2007 Jan; 2007 Jul; 2007 Sep; 2008 Jan; 2008 Jun; 2008 Jul; 2007 Jul; 2007 Jan. ....

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[ Early developments ] [ 5th c. BCE ] [ 4th c. BCE ] [ 3rd c. BCE ] [ 2nd c. BCE ] [ 1st c. BCE ] [ 1st millennium CE ] [ 1000s ] [ 1100s ] [ 1200s ] [ 1300s ] [ 1400s ] [ 1500s ] [ 1600s ] [ 1700s ] [ 1800s ] [ 1810s ] [ 1820s ] [ 1830s ] [ 1840s ] [ 1850s ] [ 1860s ] [ 1870s ] [ 1880s ] [ 1890s ] [ 1900s ] [ 1910s ] [ 1920s ] [ 1930s ] [ 1940s ] [ 1950s ] [ 1960s ] [ 1970s ] [ 1980s ] [ 1990 ] [ 1991 ] [ 1992 ] [ 1993 ] [ 1994 ] [ 1995 ] [ 1996 ] [ 1997 ] [ 1998 ] [ 1999 ] [ 2000 ] [ 2001 ] [ 2002 ] [ 2003 ] [ 2004 ] [ 2005 ] [ 2006 ] [ 2007 ] [ 2008 ] [ 2009 ]
[ Acknowledgments ] [ Sources ]


* I dedicate this work to my wife and best friend, Irena M. Goltz

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