So, when did the Internet start? In 1969, the ARPANET was officially brought online. This is considered the first version of the Internet. At first, it connected four computers at universities in the southwest of the United States. It connected computers at UCLA, Stanford, UCSB, and the University of Utah. Other computers were quickly added just a year later.
These computers were added at Harvard, MIT, BBN, and Systems Development Corporation. One year later, additional computers were added from Stanford, additional labs at MIT, Carnegie-Mellon, and Case Western Reserve University. In the months and years that followed, more and more computers were added to this network.
