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In 1985, connection to the ARPANET became global across the United States, Europe and Australia. There were already 2,000 hosts connected to the Internet Protocol Suite, which became the standard of inter-networking within ARPANET. [[Jon Postel]], who succeeded Steve Crocker as Chairman of the NWG, assigned IP addresses to the networks connected to ARPANET. Postel, together with [[Paul Mockapetris]] and [[Craig Partridge]] from USC/ISI and BBN respectively, developed the Domain Name System ([[DNS]]). By the end of 1989, connections to the Internet reached around 160,000.<ref>[http://www.computerhistory.org/internet_history/internet_history_80s.html www.computerhistory.org]</ref>

In 1985, connection to the ARPANET became global across the United States, Europe and Australia. There were already 2,000 hosts connected to the Internet Protocol Suite, which became the standard of inter-networking within ARPANET. [[Jon Postel]], who succeeded Steve Crocker as Chairman of the NWG, assigned IP addresses to the networks connected to ARPANET. Postel, together with [[Paul Mockapetris]] and [[Craig Partridge]] from USC/ISI and BBN respectively, developed the Domain Name System ([[DNS]]). By the end of 1989, connections to the Internet reached around 160,000.<ref>[http://www.computerhistory.org/internet_history/internet_history_80s.html www.computerhistory.org]</ref>

==ARPANET Retires/ Internet Continues to Grow==

==ARPANET Retires==

In 1990, the ARPANET officially shut down. By that time there were approximately 300,000 sites connected, and these connections were all moved to National Science Foundation Network ([[NSFNET]]), which took over the remaining responsibilities of the ARPANET research network. The network, now a part of NSFNET, continued to spread among academic and research institutions, and soon their was pressure to open the network for commercial use. This was prohibited by NSFNET management in order to maintain bandwidth usage for research purposes. In response to the demand, a number of parallel networks began to appear. In 1991, NSFNET finally recognized that the network was growing beyond its original research purposes and amended its usage policy to allow for commercial use. On April 30, 1995, the NSFNET was officially dissolved, paving the way for the growth of the modern Internet.<ref>[http://www.livinginternet.com/i/ii_nsfnet.htm NSFNET]</ref>

In 1990, the ARPANET officially shut down. By that time there were approximately 300,000 sites connected, and these connections were all moved to National Science Foundation Network ([[NSFNET]]), which took over the remaining responsibilities of the ARPANET research network. The network, now a part of NSFNET, continued to spread among academic and research institutions, and soon their was pressure to open the network for commercial use. This was prohibited by NSFNET management in order to maintain bandwidth usage for research purposes. In response to the demand, a number of parallel networks began to appear. In 1991, NSFNET finally recognized that the network was growing beyond its original research purposes and amended its usage policy to allow for commercial use. On April 30, 1995, the NSFNET was officially dissolved, paving the way for the growth of the modern Internet.<ref>[http://www.livinginternet.com/i/ii_nsfnet.htm NSFNET]</ref>