tel e com mu ni ca tions –noun 1.Sometimes, telecommunication. (used with a singular verb ) the transmission of information, as words, sounds, or images, usually over great distances, in the form of electromagnetic signals, as by telegraph, telephone, radio, or television. 2.Sometimes, telecommunication. (used with a singular verb ) the science and technology of such communication. 3.telecommunication, a message so transmitted. –adjective 4.of or pertaining to telecommunications. From dictionary.com
From Claude E. Shannon, The Mathematical Theory of Communication, 1949
See communication speed over time
Memex, Vannever Bush, 1945
Leonard Kleinrock, MIT: "Information Flow in Large Communication Nets, 1961Information Flow in Large Communication Nets
On Distributed Communication Networks, Paul Baran, 1964
Log entry for first message sent via the ARPANET October 29, 1969
A Protocol for Packet Network Intercommunication, Vinto G. Cerf and Robert E. Kahn
Transfer Control Protocol breaks down and reassembles the packets
Internet Protocol ensures packets are sent to the right destination
ARPANET Completion Report,
2003
I just had to take the the hypertext idea and connect it to the Transmission Control Protocol and the domain name system ideas and – tada! The World Wide Web. (May, 2008)
Ted Nelson, 1960
Mosaic Browser, National Center For Supercomputing Applications, 1993