An anecdotal history by Walt Howe of the people and communities that brought about the Internet and the Web. Includes a glossary of terms.

Ross Shannon provides an overview of the Internet's origins, from ARPANET and email to the Web. Includes a breakdown of the components that make up the Internet.

Archive of postings to this discussion list dedicated to the history of The Internet.

This overview by Richard T. Griffiths covers the development of computers, ArpaNet, email, search engines and Basic Net Data.

Scholarly article by Jesper Vissing Laursen on the development of the Internet.

An authoritative history, written by some of those who were most closely associated with its creation and development.

A list of links to resources.

Charles Schmidt and Tom Darby explain the what, why, and how of the 1988 Internet worm.

Chris Condon's informal history of BITNET and the Internet. Includes early net publications.

Anthology of the history of Usenet and the Internet, including descriptive as well as theoretical work.

The cyberspace concept was described (and referred to as "telepresence") in the 108pp book "Man in the Telesphere". The complete text is now provided on-line.

Yahoo group dedicated to the preservation of the history of the online world in the days before the Web (pre-1990). Text files, old buffer dumps, BBS discussions, buffers, or anything related to this era is welcome.

Brief article about this network utility, written by its creator, Mike Muuss.

A collaborative effort to record and publish the history of the World Wide Web and its roots in hypermedia and networking.

Published from the winter of 1996 thru the fall of 1997. All issues online, including the Fourth International World Wide Web Conference Proceedings.