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title: "Video: History of the Internet"
date: 2009-01-07
author: "Richard MacManus"
categories:
  - name: "ReadWriteWeb"
    url: "/category/readwriteweb.md"
tags:
  - name: "2009"
    url: "/tag/2009.md"
---

# Video: History of the Internet

![](https://web.archive.org/web/20100430234311im_/http://www.readwriteweb.com/images/picol_150.jpg)If you’ve ever wondered how the Internet was born, but can’t be bothered reading a whole book on the subject, check out this short animated documentary from Milah Bilgil. Entitled [History of the internet](https://web.archive.org/web/20100430234311/http://www.lonja.de/motion/mo_history_internet.html), it does a great job explaining time-sharing, file-sharing, arpanet and internet. The video uses a new type of info-graphic called [PICOL icons](https://web.archive.org/web/20100430234311/http://www.picol.org/icon_library.php), which will soon be made available for free on [picol.org](https://web.archive.org/web/20100430234311/http://www.picol.org/). PICOL stands for Pictorial Communication Language – it’s a project that aims to create “a standard and reduced sign system for electronic communication.” PICOL is free to use and open to alter.

[History of the Internet](https://web.archive.org/web/20100430234311/http://vimeo.com/2696386) from [PICOL](https://web.archive.org/web/20100430234311/http://vimeo.com/picol) on [Vimeo](https://web.archive.org/web/20100430234311/http://vimeo.com/).

*Originally published on ReadWriteWeb ([archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20020204040018/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/video_history_of_the_internet.php))*