Which two people developed the basic idea of the internet?

Answer 1

1. Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider proposed the original concept in April 1963, in memoranda discussing what he called an "Intergalactic Computer Network".
2. He then convinced Ivan Edward Sutherland and Robert (Bob) William Taylor that this computer network concept was very important.
3. In the same time period, other people had (mostly working independently) developed the aspects of "packet switching", the technique used by the internet, with the first public demonstration presented by the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), on August 5, 1968, in the United Kingdom.
4. In mid-1968, Bob Taylor had prepared a complete plan for a computer network, and, after ARPA's approval, a Request for Quotation (RFQ) was sent to 140 potential bidders. Only 12 took it seriously enough to submit bids.
5. ARPA awarded the contract to build the network to BBN Technologies on April 7, 1969. The initial, seven man BBN team was led by Frank Heart.
6. The first message on the ARPANET was sent by UCLA student programmer Charley Kline, at 10:30 pm on October 29, 1969, to Stanford Research Institute. The message arrived corrupted and the computer immediately crashed. A second attempt about an hour later succeeded.
7. The first permanent ARPANET link was established on November 21, 1969, between UCLA and Stanford Research Institute. By December 5, 1969, the entire four node network was established (University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Stanford Research Institute's Augmentation Research Center (SRI), University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), and University of Utah (BYU)).
8. In 1975, the ARPANET was declared "operational". The Defense Communications Agency took control since ARPA was intended to fund advanced research.
9. ARPANET was formally decommissioned on February 28, 1990.
10. The modern Internet was authorized by Congress on December 9, 1991.