ARPANET Adopts Transfer Control Protocol/Internetwork Protocol (TCP/IP)

January 1, 1983

The Internet was set into motion when Vinton Cerk and Bob Kahn developed the Transfer Control Protocol/Internetwork Protocol (TCP/IP) in the 1970s. It consisted of a standard language that would allow different computers to send and receive data through packet switching. These protocols were officially adopted by ARPANET and the Defense Data Network on January 1, 1983 to form the beginnings of what we now know as the internet.

Hogeback, J. (n.d.). Who Invented the Internet? Britannica. Retrieved December 20, 2021, from https://www.britannica.com/story/who-invented-the-internet