History of the Internet

"History of the internet" is an animated documentary explaining the inventions from time-sharing to filesharing, from Arpanet to Internet. The clip was made by Melih Bilgil - www.lonja.de
The history is told using the PICOL icons, which are available on picol.org. You can get news about this project on blog.picol.org .
Voice-over by Steve Taylor voice-pool.com
You can get more information on this movie on my website
www.lonja.de/motion/mo_history...
or on the PICOL-Project site where you can download a pre-release of the icons.
blog.picol.org/
If you are interested in more Internet history you can also read/watch:
- ISOC: History of the internet: www.isoc.org/internet/history/
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_...
- Geschichte des Internet (german & link to Amazon): tinyurl.com/4kzlwq
- Computer Networks: The Heralds Of Resource Sharing tinyurl.com/apocod
Credits for subtitles:
(The correctness of the subtiles depends on the people listed down here)
English: Stefan Badragan | / stevxtreme
Italian: Stefan Badragan
German: me
Turkish: Zeynep Can
French: Arnaud 'dehy' DE MOUHY
Bulgarian: Andrian Georgiev
Chinese: Terry Lee
Portuguese (Brazilian): Guilherme Euler
Spanish: Mauricio Diaz Orlich
Polish: Agnieszka Marciniak
Greek: Pantelis Bouboulis
Swedish: Paul Lindström
Catalan: Alfred Galitó
Also thanks to: Frederico Goncalves Guimaraes

[@1234canadianguy]

Considering this video is from 2009, the video quality is superb. Could have easily looked like a video from 2019. Also was pleasantly surprised to hear the voice of Kurzgesagt.

[@iceinducer9528]

Still quite less detailed tho. Id be more happy if it has at least 1080P HD or better 1440P.. 720P nowadays is cheap and not that much difference from 480p lol

[@matttyce903]

@@iceinducer9528 its literally a black and white animated video what does it matter if its 720 or 1080

[@ihatemyjob9502]

@@iceinducer9528 stupid.....

[@BerryFunChannel1]

@@matttyce903 3 pixels

[@jnhkx]

@@iceinducer9528bro, 13 years ago, or now 14 years ago, 720 is like 4k and we had to wait for the buffer to load on 4mbps internet. 480 and 360 is the way to go then.

[@-aaa-aaa]

The guy that narrates this narrates the Kurz Gesagt videos.

[@NotMeInc]

YES!

[@EvanMcCarter]

Gabriell Massey I was about to say this and did some searches to find the right name of the channel but you already did...

[@drizzlingrose]

Gabriell Massey i saw this back a few years ago, and just found Kurz Gesagt. i know it rang a bell so i tryed youtubing this to hear it again. thanks :3

[@Maou_]

holy shit

[@marxologia]

Holy and tasty shiit! We're all Kurz Gesagt's nerds we might make a facebook group :O!

[@OnionChoppingNinja]

When i first watched this video 4,5 years ago, i didn't understand shit about it. 4 years studying in the IT field, now it makes perfect sense to me

[@raybeaaar]

Same here!

[@ervin5550]

OnionChoppingNinja 9 years now

[@philmen8]

Litterally saying the same thing in my head

[@madnesz2462]

u potatoe

[@topunnisdrowning8940]

@@ervin5550 10

[@SamGautreau7]

Damn this was way more complicated that I thought it would be

[@MusicalBasics]

I don't think I understood much of what the guy was talking about, but I sure feel like I learned something!

[@DebonairOfTheWind]

How you been

[@03x_yt28]

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[@vinayak8100]

Watching in 2019, literally this vid here explains everything. Crisp animations according to 2009 standards tho!

[@Quarker]

14 years ago i embedded this video into a website i was making for my high school IST project. Good to revisit this, and see how the internet has changed since then.

[@KimberCoates]

I really love the style of animation used in this video!

[@daftrok]

I wish everything was taught like this. It's so much easier to understand things with such amazing visual aid.

[@Yorgarazgreece]

i still remember this video even today. 6 years later!

[@jonboy82]

Nice work done...I love the narration and animation...and the scripting is excellent. Thanks for sharing this fact :)

[@GeethaSindhuriBarabari]

loved the video, the animation and music combined with the narration took us on a journey through time

[@martini1179]

Beautiful and informative. An expertly put together documentary. I would love to see a part two, focusing more on the history of the World Wide Web.

[@danielbarrosocasado6046]

Nice

[@wafiaziz555]

Im here to remind you about this comment

[@No-day-off]

Checking in here bc our professor asked us to watch this video. Appreciate this beautifully made animation!

[@phantommenon]

I've read many books and saw many videos about the Internet. This is the best description ever. Hats off to whoever did this.

[@DennisSchulmeister]

Very nice animation and explanation. I used to show this to my students in web development during the first class for many years.

[@lauriedevere2291]

This video really taught me a lot about the internet because I never knew how much it took for it to run. It is truly amazing to see how much the internet has changed. I never knew that this all started in 1957, I really thought that it all happened in the 90’s. All my life, I have always used the internet because it was taught in school. I think that this is a great teaching tool to use in the classroom to teach students about the internet. Great video, thanks Dr. A

[@ifly2themoon171]

The 90ies where the start of a new era because of the invention of the WWW, the World-Wide-Web, which took place in 1989 and revolutionized the internet.

[@rambilla9442]

it was the best video i seen about internet.......thanx for giving info...

[@karthiksreenivasan]

One cannot put the history of the internet better. Very innovative and informative. Kudos to the creator.

[@ajaylegend8163]

Beautifully narrated and animated. Good work.

[@JonMascar]

This was an enlightening video.

[@LuckyDuckie115]

I enjoy my daily researches, thanks internet

[@jamesdalmon5581]

This is, by far, both the most useful and easily digestible source of data I have found regarding the history and early development of the internet since the start of my assigned research project.

[@joshuakuruvilla]

This is a clear yet well-detailed and interesting insight into the history of the internet Great Job on the video :)

[@Vibestr]

in conclusion, warfare (rooted in fear) drives technological advancement.

[@timexkills65]

Aliens next

[@zakuro8532]

idiôte, it was developed for scientific purposes too

[@civilisedhumanbeing]

@@zakuro8532 :(

[@griffionwyvrus9063]

Modern medicine would not also see a huge leap in advancement if there is no war. Because most leaders in the past, mostly care about their soldiers than the common folks.

[@chrissesock4245]

This has to be the same narrator as In a Nutshell - Kurzgesagt. I love that guy.

[@AlexanderFinch]

Very beautiful rendering. Cuts down the complexity into an elegant and easy-to-understand format. Wish more technical data could be presented like this..!

[@tusharpal7803]

I couldn't believe this is a vedio 9 yrs old , by far the best I've found on this topic , crisp and to the point , whether its animation or key points. Well Done 👌

[@KisstubeTvLovers]

nice doc!

[@beauberry6179]

Now it's fill with dank memes.

[@progect3548]

@Michelle Lovinger so?

[@civilisedhumanbeing]

@Michelle Lovinger ok I guess

[@abztract_]

This video’s quality and simplification is far ahead it’s time…

[@soumendra1991]

Amazing piece of work, Beautifully put.

[@AbdulKareem-xn5cb]

May ALLAH Bless You for making videos and Bless all of those people who worked for making an independent freedom networking and internet system accessible for common people all over the globe

[@dangerrdolann2400]

This was made 10 years ago. It’s in my suggested now (2019).

[@samlambert5312]

in my suggested in 2020

[@Gexgrino]

I think that was one of the greatest presentations ever, you have done a very well job.

[@Feliza150201]

What a great history! Watching this on computer class :)

[@__-nt2wh]

this guys reminds me of kurzgesagt edit: voice-over by steve taylor, so maybe that's why..

[@carlgoogle2869]

Enjoyable video,regardless of it being 6 years old.

[@ProJanitor]

+Carl Anonymous the age of the video is relevant how?

[@carlgoogle2869]

Blah,blah,blah

[@beanhead1983]

+ProJanitor PROJECTS U DUMB PERSON!!

[@znaz9012]

yeah

[@Haakon6876]

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[@clipartehan3817]

This was really helpful,Thank you to the creators of the video and to picolsigns for posting it. Thank you very much.

[@matoro1989]

Best concise explanation of the internet's history i've ever heard. was a pleasure to watch.

[@bryantgomez7135]

7:19 the voice over is Steve Taylor, the same guy from Kurzgesagt

[@reynoldcracker02]

720p video in 2009. Wow that's what I call a good quality video for the time xD.

[@edward2364]

Reynold Santiago So true

[@Cykelero]

I loved the video! It's really well-made and interesting. Please keep up the good work.

[@sumaiyaee]

it's 2021 and it's still cool

[@karaokebackgroundplaylists9878]

4:44 I like the animation of the bomb (even know its more of a tree than a mushroom cloud)

[@bryangluce]

I feel so dumb when watching these things... I don't know what's wrong with me but most of this information went so fast most of it went straight over my head... That's the thing about understanding the web that gets me is all this crazy terminology that is hard to keep up with. Ugh...

[@orangereplyer]

Same here. I recommend keeping at it slowly and steadily, and not trying to understand every single nitty gritty detail at first. It helps to focus on the big picture and to then research the details you don't understand.

[@user-eh5wo8re3d]

I am currently learning about all of this in university. it helps to learn about all this in chunks: 0)Network structures 1) nternetrotocoll 2)Routing 3)TransportLayer - UDP / TCP - (need to know about OSI) 4)internetservices from there you should have a solid basis

[@kolbrans7270]

you admit and notice that means you can do and understand better than you think.

[@godwinvaseekaran4523]

@@orangereplyer That's one heck of an advice ❤

[@zerobyte802]

Search for Ben Eater's videos about data communications. He starts by demonstrating bits and voltages on a wire, and works all the way up to routing. It's really good.

[@TheTarrMan]

Nicely put together!

[@elisahar147]

What a great history! looking forward to the upcoming future:@)

[@hulse.y]

Yo dawg I heard you liked internet history, so we found you an older historical video about the internet, so you can watch a historical video on the internet about the history of the internet

[@FaeriMagic]

It was interesting to watch but about near the end of the video all the technical terms kind of overwhelmed me and I could feel my eyes gloss over....

[@FaeriMagic]

+ThunderRemedy Well yeah, I understood the gist of the general history of the internet. The graphics made it pretty simple to understand how it all came together. What I meant was that the technical terms thrown in NEAR THE END of the video was a bit overwhelming. Things like "ISO REFERENCE PROTOCOL" or "TCPIP PROTOCOL" and other similar terms like that. I haven't exactly wrote them down five times each or vocabulary exercises like that to be familiar enough with them. But yeah...thanks for re-summarizing the video for me...?

[@fergaldownes]

Howdy mate, very nice flick that you have here. Keep em coming.

[@prasobhpanchami]

A very helpful presentation and a good research on the subject. Thanks a lot for uploading this.

[@robeladdis1033]

every technological innovation comes as a result of military competition so i respect it though it brings bad things too.

[@3dwardcullen69]

I love the internet. Its one of the few realms where you get to see what people are really like. No political correctness, no opinions which are tainted by societal or social pressures. Just pure honesty flowing from the chasm of ones anonymous personality.

[@Rain_9908]

Ah, 11 years ago. Nowadays everything has changed

[@d3str0i3r1]

Guys, that's amazing! I'm from Italy and I'm 17! I'm studying informatic technology and everything, at the time I was studying the video-tings, I tought I understood everything(and I did!). But now that I've seen this video everyone of the things I knew about the video are matched together and everything makes even more sense than before! Thanks to the people who realized it.

[@saitamasama5743]

Cool video! Really loved it!!

[@RandomRighteous]

I see your 2009 and I raise you 2019

[@vegitossj4257]

Here in 2019

[@TheJafari1]

Excellent work! Great visuals and to the point information. Thanx

[@JFStarwood]

Beautifully done! :3

[@CoWinkKeyDinkInc]

It seems I'm the only person who came here from CGP grey.

[@griffineckstein1875]

+CoWinkKeyDinkInc me too

[@OttoGrainer27]

Saw this before CPG grey existed, still love that credit music though, that's why I come back.

[@bvkmohan]

ARPA was founded in 1958, not DARPA. Post ARPANET, ARPA was renamed to DARPA. Also, Cuban Missile Crisis had literally nothing to do with ARPANET, ARPANET development was NOT to build a computer network that could sustain a nuclear attack, it's a grave misconception! RAND corporation was involved in designing a military network that could sustain a nuclear attack, Paul Baran at RAND conceptualized a theoretical packet switching distributed network (though he didn't used the term Packet, instead he used message blocks) and his idea was never materialized due to lack of vision from AT&T. On the other hand, ARPANET development program happened independently and it had nothing to do with Paul Baran's work initially, it happened accidentally in 1967 at ACM symposium when Larry Roberts the then project head of ARPANET came to know about Paul Baran's work at RAND along with Donald Davis work on Packet Switching Networks at NPL UK (Donald Davis coined the term Packet) that he decided to incorporate their ideas into ARPANET. Point to be noted, Larry Roberts gave more importance to Donald Davis works at NPL than Paul Baran's.

[@ihatemyjob9502]

Source?

[@GrowWithLittleLoki]

amazing! this is the best and fun way of learning the internet history..thanks for making this video..

[@wallita88]

Very clear video. Thank you for your work!

[@senioranimations8384]

wow that's 10 years old that was published before Minecraft pc was released

[@kaouthar.]

Internet est l'une des plus grandes inventions au monde! :)

[@JSInstructor]

I find this topic so interesting. To me, it's very hard to understand. Thank you for helping me get a little closer. The thing that struck me was the amalgamation of a handful of different architectures to make the networks of the different......networks communicate with one another. I know this video is only a cursory overview, and going any deeper into the subject might just shatter most viewers' minds, but the actual mechanism for IP verification is an absolute marvel of science.

[@breakez]

OMG you save my life, i have to write a term paper on the subject of the history of the internet, thank you

[@simonstrane]

You can only develop yourself in real life, not online.

[@davidezeni9703]

simonstrane nah

[@BetaTheFirst]

simonstrane Who told you that lie?

[@poetaenlaluna]

simonstrane lol then what are you doing here?

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[@edwardronaldomejaagamez1311]

Estoy viendo en pleno 2022 y créanme que la calidad de video y de contenido es grandiosa.

[@squishyplums2415]

The internet is a great American invention we can be proud of.

[@user-yi6jq2ei1b]

European people always argue with me and say that they invented the internet and a lot of other inventions made by Americans. For example light bulbs, phones, airplanes..the list goes on. They think they invented it all.

[@squishyplums2415]

AppoX Those poor Native bastards.. you have a good point. We can thank White Americans for the internet.

[@cameroncharnock8173]

The Internet was not made by an one person or any one country. It came from the collaboration of ideas from people all over the world providing building blocks. Americans can take credit for the ARPANET but not for the entire Internet.

[@squishyplums2415]

Cam Stuart You are wrong. The internet was invented by the United States in 1957. There were collaborations around the world that improved the functions of the internet but United States takes the credit for inventing the internet.

[@cameroncharnock8173]

Then if it was the Americans, who created the internet? (person, not country) Although bonus points for not saying that the internet was created by the US government so that they had a communication system they could use in a nuclear fallout (that theory is wrong).

[@AlnelExtreme]

So French invented the internet?

[@yannisdran]

no, Greece invented it. Without Democracy, we would still be on trees. Ha. So, seriously now, French's invention was only a milestone. It is being said on the video clearly. It was a very helpful one. though.

[@glossygloss472]

Not at all. The internet was developed by the US government (specifically the scientific and defense aspect). France's involvement was minor compared to the US. In fact even the U.K.'s was minor in comparison to the US.

[@martinator9480]

But I'm proud my country invented the computer.

[@Julio974]

Alnel Vincent Alico Many people developped the Internet. French labs only made a part, even if important

[@arnaldofajardo1404]

great explanation!! Amazing!!

[@sized4spills]

Very nice video well done!

[@vepokk7554]

Internet in a nutshell: memes PewDiePie FNaF ponies MLG Minecraft porn cute cats

[@vepokk7554]

I Am Deciverse xD

[@youcanpunchmeintheface]

and furries, ugh.

[@Titahne]

This video is probably the most educational and interesting video to watch on youtube, or the internet in overall. in my opinion atleast. great video.

[@marianososa4309]

Cool video, thanks for the info!

[@epicarmaldo111]

this was very interesting, thanks!

[@shikhilvyas2860]

Very nice explanation

[@NATmusic27]

Finally I really understood something! Thanks!

[@roaringsoldier]

Salute to the maker of the video...really good one

[@WallaceWebConsultnts]

Can't believe that the internet is actually 57 years old. Older than most of the people who use it every day. The power of the internet will never leave civilization and it is perhaps the only thing that will never become a relic in this world. Or at least, I certainly hope to have access to so much information and entertainment for the rest of my life!

[@ronjackson8829]

Concise and beautifully done.

[@808KINGSLAYER]

very informative, great job!

[@1theflyingdutchman]

Very well done and informative.

[@alyannasandoval3055]

Thank you for the information.

[@conorc4594]

Thank you Melih Bilgil!

[@tequila1077]

awesome video!

[@666alberto]

WOW wonderful informatic system SYNTHESIS!! really good work!

[@siddhantprakash.]

Great Animation and story telling. peeeked my curiosity!!

[@timkerim]

This video is good, the music the sounds make it want to listen to it again

[@brandontv8241]

Thank you for the information

[@farhadnoori1390]

Thanks for the video.

[@tornadospin9]

This actually makes a lot of sense after taking a course in Cisco

[@ProfeRan]

Great Video

[@ahvidharris3732]

Hey, that was really nice!

[@dahamvitarana]

Great Video!!!

[@audreyhorne75]

I just learned more about the internet in the last 8 minutes than I EVER have before!

[@djr5050]

Great animation to help explain concepts...