What is the history of the Internet?

1990's

1990 - The ARPANET is dissolved.
1991 - Gopher is developed at the University of Minnesota. Gopher provides a hierarchical, menu-based method for providing and locating information on the Internet. This tool makes using the Internet much easier.
1993 - The European Laboratory for Particle Physics in Switzerland (CERN) releases the World Wide Web (WWW), developed by Tim Berners-Lee. The WWW uses hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) and hypertext links, changing the way information can be organized, presented and accessed on the Internet.