The Evolution of the Internet as a Global Information System

Robert Kahn; Barry M. Leiner; Vinton G. Cerf; David D. Clark; Leonard Kleinrock; Daniel C. Lynch; Jon Postel; Lawrence E. Roberts; Stephen Wolff

International Information and Library Review Vol. 29, No. 2 (1997) pp. 129–51

Provides a brief history of the Internet revolving around four distinct aspects: (1) the technological evolution that began with early research on packet switching and the ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) and continues to expand...