1.

URI – Uniform Resource Identifier

Creator: Tim Berners-Lee
Father: Tim Berners-Lee
Reason for Development: To standardize the way web resources are identified and accessed.
Date: 1994
Organization: W3C (World Wide Web Consortium)
2. URL – Uniform Resource Locator
Creator: Tim Berners-Lee
Father: Tim Berners-Lee
Reason for Development: To locate resources on the web through a simple address format.
Date: 1994
Organization: CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research)
3. DNS – Domain Name System
Creator: Paul Mockapetris
Father: Paul Mockapetris
Reason for Development: To convert human-readable domain names into IP addresses for easier navigation of the internet.
Date: 1983
Organization: University of Southern California
4. IP – Internet Protocol
Creator: Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn
Father: Vinton Cerf, Robert Kahn
Reason for Development: To provide a standardized way for devices to communicate on the internet using unique addresses.
Date: 1974
Organization: DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)
5. FTP – File Transfer Protocol
Creator: Abhay Bhushan
Father: Abhay Bhushan
Reason for Development: To enable the transfer of files between different systems over a network.
Date: 1971
Organization: MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
6. HTTP – HyperText Transfer Protocol
Creator: Tim Berners-Lee
Father: Tim Berners-Lee
Reason for Development: To allow communication between web servers and clients, enabling browsing of web pages.
Date: 1989
Organization: CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research)
7. HTTPS – HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure
Creator: Netscape Communications Corporation
Father: Netscape Communications
Reason for Development: To secure the communication between clients and servers by encrypting data.
Date: 1994
Organization: Netscape
8. SMTP – Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Creator: Jon Postel
Father: Jon Postel
Reason for Development: To define the protocol for sending emails over the internet.
Date: 1982
Organization: IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force)
9. POP – Post Office Protocol
Creator: Mark Crispin
Father: Mark Crispin
Reason for Development: To allow email clients to retrieve emails from a server for offline reading.
Date: 1984
Organization: Stanford University
10. IMAP – Internet Message Access Protocol
Creator: Mark Crispin
Father: Mark Crispin
Reason for Development: To allow users to access their emails from multiple devices while keeping them on the server.
Date: 1986
Organization: Stanford University
11. LAN – Local Area Network
Creator: Various contributors
Father: Various contributors
Reason for Development: To create networks within a small geographic area, such as a building or campus, to facilitate sharing of resources.
Date: 1960s
Organization: Various institutions
12. WAN – Wide Area Network
Creator: Various contributors
Father: Various contributors
Reason for Development: To connect multiple LANs over larger distances, enabling communication across cities or countries.
Date: 1960s
Organization: Various institutions
13. MAN – Metropolitan Area Network
Creator: Various contributors
 Father: Various contributors
Reason for Development: To connect LANs over a broader area, such as a city or metropolitan region, for fast, reliable communication.
Date: 1980s
Organization: Various institutions
14. VPN – Virtual Private Network
Creator: Various contributors
Father: Various contributors
Reason for Development: To provide a secure connection between a remote user and a private network over the internet.
Date: 1990s
Organization: Various organizations
15. Wi-Fi – Wireless Fidelity
Creator: Vic Hayes, IEEE 802.11 Working Group
Father: Vic Hayes, IEEE 802.11 Working Group
Reason for Development: To provide a wireless communication standard for local area networks, making it easier to access the internet without
wires.
Date: 1997
Organization: Wi-Fi Alliance
16. TCP – Transmission Control Protocol
Creator: Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn
Father: Vinton Cerf, Robert Kahn
Reason for Development: To provide reliable, ordered, and error-checked delivery of data over the internet.
Date: 1974
Organization: DARPA
17. UDP – User Datagram Protocol
Creator: David P. Reed
Father: David P. Reed
Reason for Development: To offer a faster but less reliable alternative to TCP for applications that do not require guaranteed delivery.
Date: 1980
Organization: MIT
18. CIDR – Classless Inter-Domain Routing
Creator: Jon Postel and others
Father: Jon Postel
Reason for Development: To improve the efficiency of IP address allocation and routing.
Date: 1993
Organization: IETF
19. DHCP – Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
Creator: Ralph Droms
Father: Ralph Droms
Reason for Development: To automate the assignment of IP addresses and network configuration information to devices.
Date: 1993
Organization: IETF
20. ARP – Address Resolution Protocol
Creator: David Plummer
Father: David Plummer
Reason for Development: To map an IP address to a MAC (hardware) address for proper data delivery on a local network.
Date: 1982
Organization: Stanford University
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21. ICMP – Internet Control Message Protocol

Creator: Jon Postel

Father: Jon Postel

Reason for Development: To provide error messages and operational information about network conditions (e.g., "ping" for testing network
connectivity).

Date: 1981

Organization: IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force)

22. BGP – Border Gateway Protocol

Creator: Yakov Rekhter and Tony Li

Father: Yakov Rekhter, Tony Li

Reason for Development: To manage routing information between different autonomous systems (AS) on the internet.

Date: 1989

Organization: IETF

23. NAT – Network Address Translation

Creator: Multiple contributors

Father: Multiple contributors

Reason for Development: To enable multiple devices on a private network to share a single public IP address, conserving IP address space.

Date: 1994

Organization: IETF

24. MAC – Media Access Control

Creator: Multiple contributors

Father: Multiple contributors

Reason for Development: To define the protocol for accessing and using the shared transmission medium in a network.

Date: 1985

Organization: IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)

25. OSPF – Open Shortest Path First

Creator: Jonathan W. Moy

Father: Jonathan W. Moy

Reason for Development: To provide a more efficient and scalable routing protocol for large networks.

Date: 1989

Organization: IETF

26. RIP – Routing Information Protocol

Creator: Charles Hedrick

Father: Charles Hedrick

Reason for Development: To enable routing of data between routers in a small network using the distance-vector algorithm.

Date: 1988

Organization: IETF

27. IS-IS – Intermediate System to Intermediate System

Creator: ISO (International Organization for Standardization)

Father: ISO

Reason for Development: To provide an interior gateway protocol designed to support large networks, initially for use in European
telecommunications.

Date: 1989

Organization: ISO

28. VLAN – Virtual Local Area Network

Creator: Cisco Systems

Father: Cisco Systems

Reason for Development: To create logically segmented networks within a single physical network for better traffic management and security.

Date: 1980s

Organization: Cisco Systems

29. MPLS – Multiprotocol Label Switching

Creator: IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force)

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To improve the flow of traffic in networks and increase performance by using labels for routing decisions.

Date: 1997

Organization: IETF

30. SDN – Software-Defined Networking

Creator: Martin Casado and others

Father: Martin Casado

Reason for Development: To provide a more flexible way of managing and controlling networks by separating the control plane from the data
plane.

Date: 2008

Organization: Stanford University (Initial Research)

31. QoS – Quality of Service

Creator: Various contributors

Father: Various contributors

Reason for Development: To manage network resources by prioritizing different types of traffic to ensure performance for critical applications.

Date: 1990s

Organization: Various organizations

32. IPv4 – Internet Protocol version 4

Creator: Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn

Father: Vinton Cerf, Robert Kahn

Reason for Development: To provide an addressing scheme for devices on the internet and define the basic structure of internet communication.

Date: 1981

Organization: IETF

33. IPv6 – Internet Protocol version 6

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To solve the problem of IP address exhaustion in IPv4 and provide a larger address space.

Date: 1998

Organization: IETF

34. NFS – Network File System

Creator: Sun Microsystems

Father: Sun Microsystems

Reason for Development: To allow a system to access files over a network as if they were stored locally.

Date: 1984

Organization: Sun Microsystems

35. SMB – Server Message Block

Creator: IBM

Father: IBM
Reason for Development: To provide networked file and printer sharing over TCP/IP.

Date: 1983

Organization: IBM

36. iSCSI – Internet Small Computer Systems Interface

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To allow SCSI commands to be sent over an IP network, enabling remote storage access.

Date: 2000

Organization: IETF

37. SAN – Storage Area Network

Creator: Multiple contributors

Father: Multiple contributors

Reason for Development: To enable high-speed, centralized data storage that can be shared across multiple servers.

Date: 1990s

Organization: Various institutions

38. NAS – Network Attached Storage

Creator: Various contributors

Father: Various contributors

Reason for Development: To allow multiple devices on a network to access and store data from a centralized storage system.

Date: 1990s

Organization: Various organizations

39. VoIP – Voice over Internet Protocol

Creator: Multiple contributors

Father: Various contributors

Reason for Development: To enable voice communication over IP networks, reducing the cost of long-distance calls.

Date: 1995

Organization: Various organizations

40. RDP – Remote Desktop Protocol

Creator: Microsoft

Father: Microsoft

Reason for Development: To provide a method for remotely accessing the desktop of another computer over a network.

Date: 1998

Organization: Microsoft

41. SSH – Secure Shell

Creator: Tatu Ylönen

Father: Tatu Ylönen

Reason for Development: To provide a secure method for remote login and communication over a network.

Date: 1995

Organization: SSH Communications Security

42. SFTP – Secure File Transfer Protocol

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To provide a secure version of FTP that encrypts both the command and data channels.

Date: 1997

Organization: IETF

43. TLS – Transport Layer Security

Creator: Netscape Communications

Father: Netscape Communications

Reason for Development: To provide encrypted communication over a computer network and secure data exchange.

Date: 1999

Organization: IETF

44. SSL – Secure Sockets Layer

Creator: Netscape Communications

Father: Netscape Communications

Reason for Development: To secure data transmission over the internet using encryption.

Date: 1994

Organization: Netscape

45. HTTP/2 – Hypertext Transfer Protocol version 2

Creator: Mark Nottingham and IETF

Father: Mark Nottingham

Reason for Development: To improve the performance of HTTP by reducing latency and increasing efficiency in web communication.

Date: 2015

Organization: IETF

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46. L2TP – Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol

Creator: Microsoft and Cisco Systems

Father: Microsoft and Cisco Systems

Reason for Development: To create a tunneling protocol that combines features of PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) and L2F (Layer 2 Forwarding) to
securely tunnel data between networks.
Date: 1999

Organization: IETF

47. PPP – Point-to-Point Protocol

Creator: John Romkey

Father: John Romkey

Reason for Development: To allow data to be transmitted between two directly connected nodes across a wide variety of physical media.

Date: 1994

Organization: IETF

48. WEP – Wired Equivalent Privacy

Creator: IEEE

Father: IEEE

Reason for Development: To provide a level of security for wireless networks equivalent to that of wired networks by encrypting data.

Date: 1997

Organization: IEEE

49. WPA – Wi-Fi Protected Access

Creator: IEEE

Father: IEEE

Reason for Development: To improve the security of wireless networks by addressing vulnerabilities in WEP.

Date: 2003

Organization: IEEE

50. WPA2 – Wi-Fi Protected Access II

Creator: IEEE

Father: IEEE

Reason for Development: To provide stronger security and encryption standards than WPA for wireless networks.

Date: 2004

Organization: IEEE

51. RARP – Reverse Address Resolution Protocol

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF
Reason for Development: To map a known MAC address to an IP address, typically used by diskless workstations to find their IP addresses.

Date: 1984

Organization: IETF

52. SNMP – Simple Network Management Protocol

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To manage and monitor network devices such as routers, switches, and servers.

Date: 1988

Organization: IETF

53. MIB – Management Information Base

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To define the structure and format of data used in SNMP for managing network devices.

Date: 1988

Organization: IETF

54. BSS – Basic Service Set

Creator: IEEE

Father: IEEE

Reason for Development: To define a basic unit of communication within a wireless network, such as an access point and its associated devices.

Date: 1997

Organization: IEEE

55. ESS – Extended Service Set

Creator: IEEE

Father: IEEE

Reason for Development: To define a collection of BSSs that are connected to form a larger wireless network.

Date: 1997

Organization: IEEE

56. SSID – Service Set Identifier

Creator: IEEE

Father: IEEE
Reason for Development: To provide a unique identifier for a wireless network, allowing devices to distinguish between multiple wireless
networks.

Date: 1997

Organization: IEEE

57. WPA3 – Wi-Fi Protected Access 3

Creator: IEEE

Father: IEEE

Reason for Development: To further improve the security of wireless networks, enhancing WPA2 with stronger encryption and better protection
against attacks.

Date: 2018

Organization: IEEE

58. NAT64 – Network Address Translation 64

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To enable communication between IPv6 and IPv4 networks by translating IPv6 addresses to IPv4 addresses.

Date: 2010

Organization: IETF

59. TLS/SSL – Transport Layer Security / Secure Sockets Layer

Creator: Netscape Communications

Father: Netscape Communications

Reason for Development: To secure communication over a network by encrypting the data transmitted between a client and server.

Date: SSL (1994), TLS (1999)

Organization: Netscape, IETF

60. HLS – HTTP Live Streaming

Creator: Apple Inc.

Father: Apple Inc.

Reason for Development: To stream audio and video content over HTTP by breaking the media into smaller segments and dynamically adjusting
quality based on the viewer's network conditions.

Date: 2009

Organization: Apple Inc.

61. RTMP – Real-Time Messaging Protocol

Creator: Macromedia (now Adobe)

Father: Macromedia, Adobe

Reason for Development: To deliver audio, video, and data in real-time between a server and a client.

Date: 1999

Organization: Adobe Systems

62. CDN – Content Delivery Network

Creator: Multiple contributors

Father: Multiple contributors

Reason for Development: To distribute content (e.g., video, images, etc.) to users more efficiently by caching it at locations closer to the user.

Date: 1999

Organization: Akamai Technologies (early pioneers)

63. QoS – Quality of Service

Creator: Various contributors

Father: Various contributors

Reason for Development: To ensure that high-priority traffic (such as voice or video) is transmitted with the necessary performance characteristics
(e.g., low latency, high reliability).

Date: 1990s

Organization: Various institutions

64. PSTN – Public Switched Telephone Network

Creator: Multiple contributors

Father: Alexander Graham Bell

Reason for Development: To create the global network of telephones that connects calls via public switches and copper wires.

Date: 1876 (first telephone call)

Organization: Various telecommunications companies

65. VNC – Virtual Network Computing

Creator: Trinity College, Cambridge

Father: Quentin Stafford-Fraser, Tim Moor

Reason for Development: To provide a remote desktop protocol that allows users to control a computer remotely.

Date: 1998

Organization: Trinity College, Cambridge

66. H.323 – ITU-T Recommendation for Voice and Video Communication

Creator: ITU (International Telecommunication Union)

Father: ITU

Reason for Development: To provide a standard for multimedia communication (voice, video, and data) over packet-switched networks like the
internet.

Date: 1996

Organization: ITU

67. SIP – Session Initiation Protocol

Creator: Henning Schulzrinne

Father: Henning Schulzrinne

Reason for Development: To establish and manage communication sessions such as voice, video, and messaging over IP networks.

Date: 1996

Organization: IETF

68. IMS – IP Multimedia Subsystem

Creator: 3GPP (Third Generation Partnership Project)

Father: 3GPP

Reason for Development: To define a framework for delivering IP-based multimedia services over mobile networks.

Date: 2002

Organization: 3GPP

69. MMS – Multimedia Messaging Service

Creator: Ericsson

Father: Ericsson

Reason for Development: To enable the sending of multimedia content (audio, video, images) via mobile messaging.

Date: 2002

Organization: Ericsson

70. GPRS – General Packet Radio Service

Creator: GSM Association

Father: GSM Association

Reason for Development: To enable packet-switched data services on mobile networks, providing higher speeds and more efficient use of network
resources.

Date: 2000

Organization: GSM Association

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71. EDGE – Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution

Creator: 3GPP (Third Generation Partnership Project)

Father: 3GPP

Reason for Development: To improve data transfer speeds and enhance the performance of GSM networks, bridging the gap between 2G and 3G
technologies.

Date: 2003

Organization: 3GPP

72. 3G – Third Generation

Creator: ITU (International Telecommunication Union)

Father: ITU

Reason for Development: To provide mobile data and voice services with faster speeds, enabling new applications like mobile internet browsing.

Date: 2001

Organization: ITU

73. 4G – Fourth Generation

Creator: ITU

Father: ITU

Reason for Development: To offer much faster internet speeds and improved mobile broadband services over previous generations, enabling HD
video streaming and high-speed data transfer.

Date: 2009

Organization: ITU

74. 5G – Fifth Generation

Creator: ITU

Father: ITU

Reason for Development: To provide ultra-fast internet speeds, lower latency, and support for the Internet of Things (IoT) and smart devices.

Date: 2019

Organization: ITU

75. LTE – Long-Term Evolution

Creator: 3GPP

Father: 3GPP

Reason for Development: To improve mobile network speeds, providing higher data rates and enabling better performance for mobile applications.

Date: 2008

Organization: 3GPP

76. VoLTE – Voice over Long-Term Evolution

Creator: 3GPP

Father: 3GPP

Reason for Development: To enable voice calls over LTE networks, allowing for better voice quality and more efficient use of network resources.

Date: 2012

Organization: 3GPP

77. WIMAX – Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access

Creator: IEEE

Father: IEEE

Reason for Development: To provide high-speed wireless broadband internet over long distances.

Date: 2001

Organization: IEEE

78. GSM – Global System for Mobile Communications

Creator: ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute)

Father: ETSI

Reason for Development: To provide a standard for mobile phone systems, enabling global interoperability and improved communication.

Date: 1987

Organization: ETSI

79. CDMA – Code Division Multiple Access

Creator: Qualcomm

Father: Qualcomm

Reason for Development: To allow multiple users to share the same frequency band for mobile communications using unique codes for each
signal.

Date: 1995

Organization: Qualcomm

80. TDMA – Time Division Multiple Access

Creator: Multiple contributors

Father: Multiple contributors

Reason for Development: To divide the available bandwidth into time slots, allowing multiple users to share the same frequency band.

Date: 1980s

Organization: Multiple organizations

81. OFDM – Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing

Creator: IEEE

Father: IEEE

Reason for Development: To improve the efficiency and robustness of wireless communication systems, particularly in high-speed internet and
multimedia applications.

Date: 1980s

Organization: IEEE

82. MAC – Media Access Control

Creator: Multiple contributors

Father: Multiple contributors

Reason for Development: To regulate access to the shared transmission medium in network communication.

Date: 1980s

Organization: IEEE

83. WAN – Wide Area Network

Creator: Various contributors

Father: Various contributors

Reason for Development: To interconnect geographically distant networks, facilitating communication across long distances.

Date: 1960s

Organization: Various institutions

84. LAN – Local Area Network

Creator: Various contributors

Father: Various contributors

Reason for Development: To connect computers and devices within a small geographical area (such as an office or home) for sharing resources
and information.

Date: 1970s

Organization: Various institutions

85. MAN – Metropolitan Area Network

Creator: Various contributors

Father: Various contributors

Reason for Development: To connect networks within a city or large campus, bridging the gap between LANs and WANs.

Date: 1980s

Organization: Various institutions

86. PAN – Personal Area Network

Creator: Various contributors

Father: Various contributors

Reason for Development: To interconnect devices such as smartphones, tablets, and laptops within a short-range network for personal use.

Date: 1990s

Organization: Various organizations

87. VPLS – Virtual Private LAN Service

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To enable the extension of LAN services over a wide area, providing a private, seamless network for users.

Date: 2001

Organization: IETF

88. VPN – Virtual Private Network

Creator: Various contributors

Father: Various contributors

Reason for Development: To create a secure, encrypted connection between a user and a network over the internet.

Date: 1990s

Organization: Various organizations

89. BGP – Border Gateway Protocol

Creator: Yakov Rekhter and Tony Li

Father: Yakov Rekhter, Tony Li

Reason for Development: To exchange routing information between different autonomous systems (AS) on the internet.

Date: 1989

Organization: IETF
90. OSPF – Open Shortest Path First

Creator: Jonathan W. Moy

Father: Jonathan W. Moy

Reason for Development: To provide an efficient, scalable routing protocol within large IP networks, particularly for interior routing.

Date: 1989

Organization: IETF

91. NTP – Network Time Protocol

Creator: David L. Mills

Father: David L. Mills

Reason for Development: To synchronize the clocks of computers over a network, ensuring accurate timekeeping for all devices.

Date: 1985

Organization: IETF

92. DHCP – Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

Creator: Ralph Droms

Father: Ralph Droms

Reason for Development: To automatically assign IP addresses to devices in a network, simplifying the management of networked systems.

Date: 1993

Organization: IETF

93. ARP – Address Resolution Protocol

Creator: David C. Plummer

Father: David C. Plummer

Reason for Development: To map an IP address to a MAC address in a local network, enabling communication between devices.

Date: 1982

Organization: IETF

94. IPv6 – Internet Protocol version 6

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To overcome the limitations of IPv4, including address exhaustion, and provide a larger address space for internet-
connected devices.

Date: 1998

Organization: IETF
99. SFTP – Secure File Transfer Protocol

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To provide a secure version of FTP by encrypting the data and command channels for safe file transfer over insecure
networks.

Date: 1997

Organization: IETF

100. SMB – Server Message Block

Creator: IBM

Father: IBM

Reason for Development: To allow applications to read and write to files and request services from server programs in a network.

Date: 1983

Organization: IBM

101. NFS – Network File System

Creator: Sun Microsystems

Father: Sun Microsystems

Reason for Development: To allow a system to access files over a network as if they were local files, enabling file sharing among networked
computers.

Date: 1984

Organization: Sun Microsystems

102. SSH – Secure Shell

Creator: Tatu Ylönen

Father: Tatu Ylönen

Reason for Development: To provide a secure method for remotely accessing and managing network devices and servers, replacing insecure
protocols like Telnet.

Date: 1995

Organization: IETF

103. Telnet – Telecommunications Network

Creator: Jon Postel, Joyce K. Reynolds

Father: Jon Postel, Joyce K. Reynolds

Reason for Development: To enable remote login to networked systems, allowing users to control devices over a network.
Date: 1969

Organization: IETF

104. BGP4 – Border Gateway Protocol version 4

Creator: Yakov Rekhter, Tony Li

Father: Yakov Rekhter, Tony Li

Reason for Development: To improve the routing between different autonomous systems (AS) and manage the routing of IP traffic more
effectively.

Date: 1994

Organization: IETF

105. ICMP – Internet Control Message Protocol

Creator: Jon Postel

Father: Jon Postel

Reason for Development: To provide error messages and operational information about the network environment, enabling diagnostics and
communication between devices.

Date: 1981

Organization: IETF

106. UDP – User Datagram Protocol

Creator: David P. Reed

Father: David P. Reed

Reason for Development: To provide a lightweight, fast, but unreliable communication protocol for applications that do not require reliable
delivery.

Date: 1980

Organization: IETF

107. TCP – Transmission Control Protocol

Creator: Vint Cerf, Robert Kahn

Father: Vint Cerf, Robert Kahn

Reason for Development: To provide reliable, ordered, and error-checked delivery of data between applications over a network.

Date: 1974

Organization: IETF

108. IPv4 – Internet Protocol version 4

Creator: Vint Cerf, Robert Kahn

Father: Vint Cerf, Robert Kahn

Reason for Development: To define the addressing scheme and routing of data packets across networks, providing the foundation for internet
communication.

Date: 1981

Organization: IETF

109. IMAP – Internet Message Access Protocol

Creator: Mark Crispin

Father: Mark Crispin

Reason for Development: To enable email clients to access and manage emails stored on a server, providing a more flexible and powerful
alternative to POP3.

Date: 1986

Organization: IETF

111. DNSSEC – Domain Name System Security Extensions

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To protect against certain types of attacks on DNS, such as cache poisoning, by providing a way to verify the
authenticity of DNS responses.

Date: 2005

Organization: IETF

112. RDP – Remote Desktop Protocol

Creator: Microsoft

Father: Microsoft

Reason for Development: To allow users to remotely access and control a computer's desktop interface over a network.

Date: 1998

Organization: Microsoft

113. PDU – Protocol Data Unit

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To define the unit of data transferred across a network, depending on the layer in the OSI model (e.g., frame, packet,
segment).

Date: 1983

Organization: IETF
114. API – Application Programming Interface

Creator: Various contributors

Father: Various contributors

Reason for Development: To provide a set of tools and protocols for building and interacting with software applications, enabling them to
communicate with each other.

Date: 1960s

Organization: Various organizations

115. SSL/TLS – Secure Sockets Layer / Transport Layer Security

Creator: Netscape Communications

Father: Netscape Communications

Reason for Development: To provide encryption and secure communication over the internet, protecting data from eavesdropping and tampering.

Date: SSL (1994), TLS (1999)

Organization: Netscape, IETF

116. SLA – Service Level Agreement

Creator: Various contributors

Father: Various contributors

Reason for Development: To define the level of service expected between a service provider and a customer, often used in networking and
telecommunications services.

Date: 1980s

Organization: Various institutions

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117. RARP – Reverse Address Resolution Protocol

Creator: David C. Plummer

Father: David C. Plummer

Reason for Development: To allow a machine to discover its IP address based on its MAC address, typically used in diskless workstations.

Date: 1984

Organization: IETF

118. SNMP – Simple Network Management Protocol

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To enable network devices (routers, switches, servers) to be monitored and managed remotely.

Date: 1988

Organization: IETF

119. ICMPv6 – Internet Control Message Protocol version 6

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To enhance ICMP for IPv6, allowing error reporting, diagnostics, and network communication checks in IPv6 networks.

Date: 1995

Organization: IETF

120. PPP – Point-to-Point Protocol

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To enable communication between two directly connected devices, typically used in dial-up internet connections.

Date: 1994

Organization: IETF

121. PPPoE – Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To allow Ethernet networks to use PPP, providing secure and reliable connections for broadband internet services.

Date: 1999

Organization: IETF

122. VLAN – Virtual Local Area Network

Creator: IEEE

Father: IEEE

Reason for Development: To segment larger networks into smaller logical networks, improving performance, security, and management.

Date: 1990s

Organization: IEEE

123. MPLS – Multiprotocol Label Switching

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To enhance the speed and control of data flow in networks by assigning labels to packets for quicker routing.

Date: 1997

Organization: IETF

124. ADSL – Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line

Creator: Bell Labs

Father: Bell Labs

Reason for Development: To provide high-speed internet access over existing telephone lines, with different download and upload speeds.

Date: 1988

Organization: Bell Labs

125. SDSL – Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line

Creator: Bell Labs

Father: Bell Labs

Reason for Development: To offer equal upload and download speeds over existing copper telephone lines for businesses and residential areas.

Date: 1990s

Organization: Bell Labs

126. ISDN – Integrated Services Digital Network

Creator: ITU

Father: ITU

Reason for Development: To provide a digital solution for voice, video, and data transmission over traditional telephone networks, offering better
quality and speed.

Date: 1988

Organization: ITU

127. DSL – Digital Subscriber Line

Creator: Bell Labs

Father: Bell Labs

Reason for Development: To provide high-speed internet access over existing telephone lines, improving speed and reducing interference.

Date: 1980s

Organization: Bell Labs

128. Wi-Fi – Wireless Fidelity

Creator: IEEE

Father: IEEE

Reason for Development: To allow devices to connect to a local area network without physical cables using radio waves.

Date: 1997

Organization: IEEE

129. WLAN – Wireless Local Area Network

Creator: IEEE

Father: IEEE

Reason for Development: To create wireless communication networks in local areas like offices and homes, replacing traditional wired networks.

Date: 1990s

Organization: IEEE

130. WiMAX – Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access

Creator: IEEE

Father: IEEE

Reason for Development: To provide high-speed wireless internet access over large distances, supporting both fixed and mobile broadband.

Date: 2001

Organization: IEEE

131. Wi-Fi Direct – Wi-Fi Direct

Creator: Wi-Fi Alliance

Father: Wi-Fi Alliance

Reason for Development: To allow devices to connect directly to each other without the need for a central Wi-Fi router.

Date: 2010

Organization: Wi-Fi Alliance

132. Bluetooth – Bluetooth

Creator: Ericsson

Father: Ericsson

Reason for Development: To create a short-range wireless communication standard for devices to exchange data over a short distance, replacing
cables.
Date: 1994

Organization: Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG)

133. Zigbee – Zigbee

Creator: Zigbee Alliance

Father: Zigbee Alliance

Reason for Development: To provide low-power, low-data-rate wireless communication for devices in applications like home automation and IoT.

Date: 2004

Organization: Zigbee Alliance

134. NFC – Near Field Communication

Creator: Sony, Philips

Father: Sony, Philips

Reason for Development: To allow short-range communication between devices by bringing them into close proximity, enabling applications like
contactless payments.

Date: 2002

Organization: NFC Forum

135. LANMAN – Local Area Network Manager

Creator: Microsoft

Father: Microsoft

Reason for Development: To manage the resources and operations of a local area network in Windows environments, enabling network file and
printer sharing.

Date: 1987

Organization: Microsoft

136. RDP – Remote Desktop Protocol

Creator: Microsoft

Father: Microsoft

Reason for Development: To allow users to connect to and control remote desktops and servers over a network, providing remote administration
and support.

Date: 1998

Organization: Microsoft

137. SIP – Session Initiation Protocol

Creator: Mark Handley, Henning Schulzrinne

Father: Mark Handley, Henning Schulzrinne

Reason for Development: To establish, maintain, and terminate real-time sessions such as voice, video calls, and instant messaging over IP
networks.
Date: 1996

Organization: IETF

138. H.323 – ITU-T Recommendation H.323

Creator: ITU

Father: ITU

Reason for Development: To provide standards for multimedia communication over packet-based networks such as the internet, supporting video
conferencing and VoIP.

Date: 1996

Organization: ITU

139. MMS – Multimedia Messaging Service

Creator: 3GPP

Father: 3GPP

Reason for Development: To enable the sending and receiving of multimedia content (photos, video, audio) through mobile networks.

Date: 2002

Organization: 3GPP

140. SMS – Short Message Service

Creator: Friedhelm Hillebrand, Bernard Ghillebaert

Father: Friedhelm Hillebrand, Bernard Ghillebaert

Reason for Development: To allow text messages to be sent over mobile networks, providing a simple and fast method of communication.

Date: 1985

Organization: ETSI

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141. WEP – Wired Equivalent Privacy

Creator: IEEE

Father: IEEE

Reason for Development: To provide security for wireless local area networks (WLANs) by encrypting data to make it difficult for unauthorized
users to intercept.

Date: 1997
Organization: IEEE

142. WPA – Wi-Fi Protected Access

Creator: Wi-Fi Alliance

Father: Wi-Fi Alliance

Reason for Development: To enhance WEP security by providing stronger encryption protocols and a more secure method for authentication on
wireless networks.

Date: 2003

Organization: Wi-Fi Alliance

143. WPA2 – Wi-Fi Protected Access II

Creator: Wi-Fi Alliance

Father: Wi-Fi Alliance

Reason for Development: To improve WPA with stronger encryption (AES) and other security mechanisms, providing a more secure wireless
network environment.

Date: 2004

Organization: Wi-Fi Alliance

144. 802.11 – IEEE Standard for Wireless Local Area Networks

Creator: IEEE

Father: IEEE

Reason for Development: To define standards for wireless communication in local area networks (WLAN), including various speeds and
frequencies.

Date: 1997

Organization: IEEE

145. 802.3 – IEEE Standard for Ethernet

Creator: IEEE

Father: IEEE

Reason for Development: To define standards for wired networking technologies, specifically Ethernet, ensuring interoperability across devices
and networks.

Date: 1983

Organization: IEEE

146. 802.16 – IEEE Standard for Broadband Wireless Access

Creator: IEEE

Father: IEEE
Reason for Development: To provide standards for high-speed wireless broadband access, often used in fixed wireless broadband and WiMAX.

Date: 2001

Organization: IEEE

147. BPSK – Binary Phase Shift Keying

Creator: Various contributors

Father: Various contributors

Reason for Development: To provide a modulation technique for digital communication, where data is represented by two phase shifts of a carrier
signal.

Date: 1960s

Organization: Various institutions

148. QPSK – Quadrature Phase Shift Keying

Creator: Various contributors

Father: Various contributors

Reason for Development: To improve on BPSK by transmitting two bits per symbol using four phase shifts, doubling the data rate.

Date: 1960s

Organization: Various institutions

149. FDM – Frequency Division Multiplexing

Creator: Various contributors

Father: Various contributors

Reason for Development: To enable multiple data signals to be transmitted simultaneously over a single communication channel by assigning each
signal a different frequency.

Date: 1920s

Organization: Various institutions

150. TDM – Time Division Multiplexing

Creator: Various contributors

Father: Various contributors

Reason for Development: To allow multiple signals to be transmitted over a single communication channel by allocating different time slots for
each signal.

Date: 1960s

Organization: Various institutions

151. CDMA – Code Division Multiple Access

Creator: Qualcomm

Father: Qualcomm

Reason for Development: To allow multiple users to share the same frequency band by assigning unique codes to each user’s data.

Date: 1995

Organization: Qualcomm

152. TDMA – Time Division Multiple Access

Creator: Various contributors

Father: Various contributors

Reason for Development: To enable multiple users to share the same frequency channel by dividing the signal into time slots.

Date: 1960s

Organization: Various institutions

153. FDMA – Frequency Division Multiple Access

Creator: Various contributors

Father: Various contributors

Reason for Development: To allocate distinct frequency bands to multiple users, allowing them to transmit data simultaneously without
interference.

Date: 1950s

Organization: Various institutions

154. GSM – Global System for Mobile Communications

Creator: ETSI

Father: ETSI

Reason for Development: To establish a global standard for digital mobile communications, enabling voice and data services across mobile
networks worldwide.

Date: 1982

Organization: ETSI
155. CDN – Content Delivery Network

Creator: Akamai Technologies

Father: Akamai Technologies

Reason for Development: To improve the delivery speed and reliability of web content by distributing content across a network of servers in
various geographic locations.

Date: 1998

Organization: Akamai Technologies

156. HTTP/2 – Hypertext Transfer Protocol version 2

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To improve the performance of HTTP by enabling multiplexed streams, header compression, and server push for faster
web browsing.

Date: 2015

Organization: IETF

158. ARP – Address Resolution Protocol

Creator: David C. Plummer

Father: David C. Plummer

Reason for Development: To map IP addresses to physical MAC addresses on a local network, enabling communication between devices.

Date: 1982

Organization: IETF

159. RIP – Routing Information Protocol

Creator: Charles Hedrick

Father: Charles Hedrick

Reason for Development: To provide a simple distance-vector routing protocol used for small to medium-sized networks.

Date: 1988

Organization: IETF

160. OSPF – Open Shortest Path First

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To provide a more efficient link-state routing protocol for large enterprise networks, improving upon RIP.

Date: 1989

Organization: IETF

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161. BGP – Border Gateway Protocol

Creator: Kirk Lougheed, Yakov Rekhter

Father: Kirk Lougheed, Yakov Rekhter

Reason for Development: To provide a routing protocol for exchanging routing information between different autonomous systems (AS) on the
internet.

Date: 1989

Organization: IETF

162. IGMP – Internet Group Management Protocol

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To manage multicast group memberships and enable efficient multicast communication on IP networks.

Date: 1989

Organization: IETF

163. RIPng – Routing Information Protocol next generation

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To extend RIP to support IPv6 addressing, allowing routing in IPv6 networks.

Date: 1998

Organization: IETF

164. MPLS – Multiprotocol Label Switching

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To improve the speed and efficiency of data transmission across IP networks by using labels instead of long IP
addresses.

Date: 1997

Organization: IETF

165. GTP – GPRS Tunneling Protocol

Creator: 3GPP

Father: 3GPP

Reason for Development: To provide tunneling mechanisms for GPRS and UMTS networks, ensuring efficient data transmission and network
traffic management.

Date: 1999

Organization: 3GPP

166. PPP – Point-to-Point Protocol

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To enable communication between two directly connected network devices, typically used for dial-up internet
connections.

Date: 1994

Organization: IETF

167. TCP – Transmission Control Protocol

Creator: Vint Cerf, Bob Kahn

Father: Vint Cerf, Bob Kahn

Reason for Development: To provide reliable, connection-oriented data transmission over networks, ensuring data integrity and sequence.

Date: 1974

Organization: IETF

168. UDP – User Datagram Protocol

Creator: David P. Reed

Father: David P. Reed

Reason for Development: To provide a simple, connectionless protocol for transmitting data across networks with low overhead, useful for real-
time applications.

Date: 1980

Organization: IETF

171. TFTP – Trivial File Transfer Protocol

Creator: David L. Mills

Father: David L. Mills

Reason for Development: To provide a lightweight, simple file transfer protocol without the complexity of FTP, typically used for transferring
small configuration files.

Date: 1981

Organization: IETF

174. IMAP – Internet Message Access Protocol

Creator: Mark Crispin

Father: Mark Crispin

Reason for Development: To provide a more advanced way to access and manage emails on a server, allowing for better synchronization between
multiple devices.

Date: 1986
Organization: IETF

175. TLS – Transport Layer Security

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To provide secure communication over a computer network by encrypting data during transmission.

Date: 1999

Organization: IETF

176. SSL – Secure Sockets Layer

Creator: Netscape Communications Corporation

Father: Netscape Communications Corporation

Reason for Development: To provide encryption and security for communications over the internet, particularly for web browsers and servers.

Date: 1995

Organization: Netscape Communications Corporation

177. DHCP – Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

Creator: Ralph Droms

Father: Ralph Droms

Reason for Development: To automate the process of assigning IP addresses and configuration settings to devices on a network.

Date: 1993

Organization: IETF

178. NAT – Network Address Translation

Creator: Paul Francis

Father: Paul Francis

Reason for Development: To conserve IP address space by allowing multiple devices within a private network to share a single public IP address.

Date: 1994

Organization: IETF

179. NTP – Network Time Protocol

Creator: David L. Mills

Father: David L. Mills

Reason for Development: To synchronize the clocks of computers over a network to a common time source, ensuring accurate timestamps across
systems.

Date: 1985
Organization: IETF

180. VPN – Virtual Private Network

Creator: Various contributors

Father: Various contributors

Reason for Development: To allow secure connections to remote networks over the internet, encrypting data to protect privacy and bypass
geographical restrictions.

Date: 1996

Organization: Various institutions

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181. SDN – Software-Defined Networking

Creator: Martin Casado, Nick McKeown

Father: Martin Casado, Nick McKeown

Reason for Development: To provide a more flexible and programmable approach to networking by separating the control plane from the data
plane.

Date: 2008

Organization: Stanford University

182. NFV – Network Functions Virtualization

Creator: ETSI

Father: ETSI

Reason for Development: To virtualize network functions, enabling them to run on general-purpose hardware and improving flexibility and cost
efficiency in network operations.

Date: 2012

Organization: ETSI

183. RADIUS – Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service

Creator: Brad P. Burns

Father: Brad P. Burns

Reason for Development: To provide centralized authentication, authorization, and accounting management for network access, particularly for
dial-up connections.

Date: 1991
Organization: IETF

184. TACACS+ – Terminal Access Controller Access-Control System Plus

Creator: Cisco Systems

Father: Cisco Systems

Reason for Development: To provide more secure, flexible access control and authentication for network devices, offering improved security over
RADIUS.

Date: 1993

Organization: Cisco Systems

185. SSL/TLS – Secure Sockets Layer / Transport Layer Security

Creator: Netscape Communications Corporation (SSL), IETF (TLS)

Father: Netscape Communications Corporation, IETF

Reason for Development: To secure communication over the internet by encrypting data between a client and server, ensuring privacy and data
integrity.

Date: SSL – 1995, TLS – 1999

Organization: Netscape Communications Corporation (SSL), IETF (TLS)

186. LDAP – Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

Creator: Tim Howes, Mark Smith

Father: Tim Howes, Mark Smith

Reason for Development: To provide a lightweight, accessible protocol for accessing and managing directory information services over IP
networks.

Date: 1993

Organization: IETF

187. ISDN – Integrated Services Digital Network

Creator: ITU-T

Father: ITU-T

Reason for Development: To provide a standard for digital transmission of voice, video, and data over telephone networks, aiming to replace
traditional analog systems.

Date: 1988

Organization: ITU-T

188. Wi-Fi – Wireless Fidelity

Creator: Wi-Fi Alliance

Father: Wi-Fi Alliance

Reason for Development: To create wireless networking standards that are compatible with various devices and to enable wireless communication
in local area networks.

Date: 1999

Organization: Wi-Fi Alliance

189. WiMAX – Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access

Creator: IEEE

Father: IEEE

Reason for Development: To provide a broadband wireless communication standard for delivering high-speed internet access to rural and
underserved areas.

Date: 2001

Organization: IEEE

190. LTE – Long-Term Evolution

Creator: 3GPP

Father: 3GPP

Reason for Development: To enhance the speed and efficiency of mobile networks, providing faster data transmission and better service quality in
cellular networks.

Date: 2008

Organization: 3GPP

191. 5G – Fifth Generation

Creator: 3GPP

Father: 3GPP

Reason for Development: To provide a new generation of wireless communication with faster data speeds, lower latency, and increased
connectivity for IoT and smart devices.

Date: 2019

Organization: 3GPP

192. IPv6 – Internet Protocol version 6

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To overcome the limitations of IPv4, providing a vastly larger address space and enhanced features for modern internet
applications.

Date: 1995

Organization: IETF

193. IPv4 – Internet Protocol version 4

Creator: Vint Cerf, Bob Kahn

Father: Vint Cerf, Bob Kahn

Reason for Development: To provide a protocol for addressing and routing devices on the internet, using a 32-bit address system.

Date: 1981

Organization: IETF

194. WAN – Wide Area Network

Creator: Various contributors

Father: Various contributors

Reason for Development: To enable communication over large geographical areas, connecting multiple local area networks (LANs) across regions
or even continents.

Date: 1960s

Organization: Various institutions

195. LAN – Local Area Network

Creator: Various contributors

Father: Various contributors

Reason for Development: To provide high-speed communication within a small geographical area, such as within a building or campus.

Date: 1970s

Organization: Various institutions

196. MAN – Metropolitan Area Network

Creator: Various contributors

Father: Various contributors

Reason for Development: To enable communication across a larger geographical area than a LAN but smaller than a WAN, typically covering a
city or large campus.

Date: 1980s

Organization: Various institutions

197. SAN – Storage Area Network

Creator: Various contributors

Father: Various contributors

Reason for Development: To provide high-speed, dedicated networking for data storage systems, allowing multiple servers to access shared
storage resources.

Date: 1990s

Organization: Various institutions

198. PAN – Personal Area Network

Creator: Various contributors

Father: Various contributors

Reason for Development: To enable communication between devices within the personal space of an individual, such as smartphones, laptops, and
Bluetooth devices.

Date: 1990s

Organization: Various institutions

199. FDDI – Fiber Distributed Data Interface

Creator: ANSI

Father: ANSI

Reason for Development: To provide a high-speed LAN standard using fiber optics, suitable for long-distance communication in large networks.

Date: 1988

Organization: ANSI

200. ATM – Asynchronous Transfer Mode

Creator: ISO

Father: ISO

Reason for Development: To support high-bandwidth and real-time transmission of voice, video, and data over both LAN and WAN environments
using fixed-length cells.

Date: 1988

Organization: ISO

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201. ICMP – Internet Control Message Protocol

Creator: Jon Postel

Father: Jon Postel

Reason for Development: To send error messages and operational information in IP networks, such as unreachable destinations or timeout issues.

Date: 1981

Organization: IETF

202. ARP – Address Resolution Protocol

Creator: David C. Plummer

Father: David C. Plummer

Reason for Development: To map an IP address to its corresponding MAC address on a local area network.

Date: 1982

Organization: IETF

203. NAT64 – Network Address Translation 64

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To allow IPv6-only clients to communicate with IPv4-only services by translating between IPv6 and IPv4 addresses.

Date: 2010

Organization: IETF

204. BGP4 – Border Gateway Protocol version 4

Creator: Y. Rekhter, T. Li

Father: Y. Rekhter, T. Li

Reason for Development: To provide an inter-domain routing protocol that ensures the stability and scalability of large networks like the internet.

Date: 1994

Organization: IETF

205. VLAN – Virtual Local Area Network

Creator: IEEE

Father: IEEE

Reason for Development: To segment a physical LAN into multiple virtual networks, improving network performance and security.

Date: 1998

Organization: IEEE

206. VxLAN – Virtual Extensible LAN

Creator: VMware

Father: VMware

Reason for Development: To provide an overlay network solution for improving scalability and flexibility in large-scale data center networks.

Date: 2011

Organization: VMware
207. L2TP – Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To provide tunneling mechanisms for transporting data over public networks, typically used for VPNs.

Date: 1999

Organization: IETF

208. P2P – Peer-to-Peer

Creator: Various contributors

Father: Various contributors

Reason for Development: To create a decentralized network model where peers (devices) can directly share resources without the need for a
central server.

Date: 1980s

Organization: Various institutions

209. OSPF – Open Shortest Path First

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To provide an interior gateway protocol that uses link-state routing to find the shortest path in large enterprise networks.

Date: 1989

Organization: IETF

210. ISIS – Intermediate System to Intermediate System

Creator: ISO

Father: ISO

Reason for Development: To offer a link-state routing protocol for large and scalable networks, often used in service provider environments.

Date: 1991

Organization: ISO

211. SNMP – Simple Network Management Protocol

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To provide a framework for managing devices in a network, allowing network administrators to monitor and control
devices remotely.

Date: 1988
Organization: IETF

212. QoS – Quality of Service

Creator: Various contributors

Father: Various contributors

Reason for Development: To manage and prioritize traffic on a network to ensure the performance of critical applications and services.

Date: 1990s

Organization: Various institutions

213. MPLS-TE – MPLS Traffic Engineering

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To optimize the flow of traffic within a network, allowing operators to direct traffic along predefined paths to reduce
congestion.

Date: 2001

Organization: IETF

214. PSTN – Public Switched Telephone Network

Creator: Various contributors

Father: Various contributors

Reason for Development: To establish a global, circuit-switched network for voice communication, historically used for landline phone systems.

Date: 1870s

Organization: Various institutions

215. IMS – IP Multimedia Subsystem

Creator: 3GPP

Father: 3GPP

Reason for Development: To standardize the delivery of multimedia services over IP-based networks, enabling seamless communication across
various devices.

Date: 2001

Organization: 3GPP

216. POTS – Plain Old Telephone Service

Creator: Various contributors

Father: Various contributors

Reason for Development: To define the traditional analog voice communication services over copper telephone lines, which were prevalent before
digital services like VoIP.
Date: 1960s

Organization: Various institutions

217. VoIP – Voice over Internet Protocol

Creator: Various contributors

Father: Various contributors

Reason for Development: To enable voice communication over the internet by converting audio into data packets, offering a more cost-effective
solution compared to traditional telephony.

Date: 1995

Organization: Various institutions

218. TDM – Time Division Multiplexing

Creator: Various contributors

Father: Various contributors

Reason for Development: To allow multiple signals to share a single communication channel by dividing the signal into time slots, improving
bandwidth utilization.

Date: 1960s

Organization: Various institutions

219. CDN – Content Delivery Network

Creator: Various contributors

Father: Various contributors

Reason for Development: To distribute and deliver content, such as videos and websites, more efficiently across geographically distributed
networks, improving load times and reliability.

Date: 1990s

Organization: Various institutions

220. SSL VPN – Secure Sockets Layer Virtual Private Network

Creator: Various contributors

Father: Various contributors

Reason for Development: To provide secure remote access to a network through SSL, offering encrypted connections for employees or users
accessing services remotely.

Date: 2000s

Organization: Various institutions

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221. SIP – Session Initiation Protocol

Creator: Mark Handley, Henning Schulzrinne

Father: Mark Handley, Henning Schulzrinne

Reason for Development: To establish, manage, and terminate sessions in IP-based communication systems, widely used for voice and video calls.

Date: 1996

Organization: IETF

223. NTP – Network Time Protocol

Creator: David L. Mills

Father: David L. Mills

Reason for Development: To synchronize the clocks of computers over a network, ensuring accurate timekeeping across devices.

Date: 1985

Organization: IETF

228. SSH – Secure Shell

Creator: Tatu Ylönen

Father: Tatu Ylönen

Reason for Development: To replace older, insecure remote login protocols (like Telnet) with a secure method for accessing remote systems.

Date: 1995

Organization: Tatu Ylönen

229. TELNET – Telecommunications Network

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To provide a standard protocol for remote access to computers over the internet, primarily used for text-based
communication.

Date: 1969

Organization: IETF

230. MPLS – Multi-Protocol Label Switching

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF
Reason for Development: To improve the speed and management of data traffic by labeling packets and routing them more efficiently through the
network.

Date: 1997

Organization: IETF

231. NFC – Near Field Communication

Creator: Sony, NXP Semiconductors

Father: Sony, NXP Semiconductors

Reason for Development: To allow secure communication between devices in close proximity, often used for mobile payments and data sharing.

Date: 2002

Organization: Sony, NXP Semiconductors

232. BLE – Bluetooth Low Energy

Creator: Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG)

Father: Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG)

Reason for Development: To create a low-power wireless communication standard suitable for IoT devices, wearable tech, and other battery-
operated devices.

Date: 2010

Organization: Bluetooth SIG

233. Z-Wave – Z-Wave Wireless Protocol

Creator: Zensys

Father: Zensys

Reason for Development: To provide a low-power, reliable, and secure communication protocol for smart home devices and automation.

Date: 2002

Organization: Zensys

234. LoRa – Long Range

Creator: Semtech Corporation

Father: Semtech Corporation

Reason for Development: To provide a low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) protocol designed for long-range communication in IoT
applications.

Date: 2012

Organization: Semtech Corporation

235. NFCIP – Near Field Communication Interface Protocol

Creator: ISO

Father: ISO
Reason for Development: To enable communication between NFC devices, allowing for short-range data transfer, particularly for payment
systems and smart devices.

Date: 2003

Organization: ISO

236. SD-WAN – Software-Defined Wide Area Network

Creator: Viptela (acquired by Cisco)

Father: Viptela

Reason for Development: To simplify and optimize wide-area networking by using software to intelligently manage and direct traffic over various
connections.

Date: 2014

Organization: Cisco Systems

237. VNF – Virtual Network Function

Creator: ETSI

Father: ETSI

Reason for Development: To virtualize network services, enabling more flexible and efficient management of network infrastructure in SDN and
NFV environments.

Date: 2012

Organization: ETSI

238. BSS – Base Station Subsystem

Creator: 3GPP

Father: 3GPP

Reason for Development: To define the architecture for managing base stations in cellular networks, ensuring proper communication between
mobile devices and the core network.

Date: 1999

Organization: 3GPP

239. MSC – Mobile Switching Center

Creator: ITU-T

Father: ITU-T

Reason for Development: To manage mobile network traffic, handling call routing and switching between mobile devices and the network
infrastructure.

Date: 1988

Organization: ITU-T
240. IMS – IP Multimedia Subsystem

Creator: 3GPP

Father: 3GPP

Reason for Development: To enable the delivery of multimedia services over IP-based networks, such as voice, video, and messaging services.

Date: 2001

Organization: 3GPP

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241. PPP – Point-to-Point Protocol

Creator: John Romkey

Father: John Romkey

Reason for Development: To provide a method for transmitting multi-protocol datagrams over point-to-point links, commonly used in dial-up
connections.

Date: 1994

Organization: IETF

242. ICMPv6 – Internet Control Message Protocol version 6

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To provide error messages and operational information specifically for IPv6 networks, replacing the older ICMP for
IPv4.

Date: 1995

Organization: IETF

243. RARP – Reverse Address Resolution Protocol

Creator: David C. Plummer

Father: David C. Plummer

Reason for Development: To map MAC addresses to IP addresses, allowing a device to obtain an IP address when it only knows its MAC address.

Date: 1984

Organization: IETF

244. DHCP – Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

Creator: Ralph Droms

Father: Ralph Droms

Reason for Development: To automate the assignment of IP addresses and other network configuration details to devices on a network.

Date: 1993

Organization: IETF

245. DSL – Digital Subscriber Line

Creator: William K. McCarty

Father: William K. McCarty

Reason for Development: To provide high-speed internet access over traditional copper telephone lines.

Date: 1988

Organization: ITU

246. PSTN – Public Switched Telephone Network

Creator: Alexander Graham Bell and others

Father: Alexander Graham Bell

Reason for Development: To create a global circuit-switched network for voice communication, initially designed for landline telephones.

Date: 1870s

Organization: Various institutions

247. ADSL – Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line

Creator: Bellcore

Father: Bellcore

Reason for Development: To offer higher speeds for data transmission while using existing telephone lines, with asymmetrical upload and
download speeds.

Date: 1989

Organization: Bellcore

248. VDSL – Very High Bitrate Digital Subscriber Line

Creator: ITU-T

Father: ITU-T

Reason for Development: To provide higher data transfer rates over copper telephone lines, supporting high-definition video and other high-speed
services.

Date: 2001

Organization: ITU-T
249. WIFI – Wireless Fidelity

Creator: Wi-Fi Alliance

Father: Wi-Fi Alliance

Reason for Development: To create a standard for wireless networking technology, allowing devices to connect to the internet and local networks
wirelessly.

Date: 1999

Organization: Wi-Fi Alliance

250. WPA – Wi-Fi Protected Access

Creator: Wi-Fi Alliance

Father: Wi-Fi Alliance

Reason for Development: To improve the security of wireless networks by providing stronger encryption and authentication mechanisms than
WEP.

Date: 2003

Organization: Wi-Fi Alliance

251. WPA2 – Wi-Fi Protected Access 2

Creator: Wi-Fi Alliance

Father: Wi-Fi Alliance

Reason for Development: To further improve the security of wireless networks by introducing AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) encryption,
providing stronger security than WPA.

Date: 2004

Organization: Wi-Fi Alliance

252. WPA3 – Wi-Fi Protected Access 3

Creator: Wi-Fi Alliance

Father: Wi-Fi Alliance

Reason for Development: To enhance security for modern wireless networks, introducing stronger encryption methods and protection against
brute-force attacks.

Date: 2018

Organization: Wi-Fi Alliance

253. SSID – Service Set Identifier

Creator: IEEE

Father: IEEE

Reason for Development: To uniquely identify a wireless local area network (WLAN), distinguishing it from other nearby networks.
Date: 1997

Organization: IEEE

254. T1 – T1 Line

Creator: AT&T

Father: AT&T

Reason for Development: To provide a digital transmission service for voice and data over a dedicated circuit, offering 1.544 Mbps of bandwidth.

Date: 1960s

Organization: AT&T

255. T3 – T3 Line

Creator: AT&T

Father: AT&T

Reason for Development: To provide a higher-speed digital transmission service with a bandwidth of 45 Mbps, typically used for large-scale data
transfers.

Date: 1980s
Organization: AT&T

256. ISDN – Integrated Services Digital Network

Creator: ITU-T

Father: ITU-T

Reason for Development: To create a standard for digital communication, integrating voice, video, and data services over the same network.

Date: 1986

Organization: ITU-T

257. GPRS – General Packet Radio Service

Creator: GSM Association

Father: GSM Association

Reason for Development: To provide packet-switched data services on 2G GSM networks, enabling mobile internet access and SMS services.

Date: 2000

Organization: GSM Association

258. EDGE – Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution

Creator: 3GPP

Father: 3GPP
Reason for Development: To enhance the data transmission rates of GPRS and enable better mobile internet services on 2G networks.

Date: 2003

Organization: 3GPP

259. UMTS – Universal Mobile Telecommunications System

Creator: 3GPP

Father: 3GPP

Reason for Development: To define the third-generation mobile telecommunications system, offering higher data rates and enhanced mobile
broadband services.

Date: 1999

Organization: 3GPP

260. LTE – Long-Term Evolution

Creator: 3GPP

Father: 3GPP

Reason for Development: To provide a high-speed 4G mobile broadband technology that enhances the performance of mobile networks and
provides faster internet speeds.

Date: 2008

Organization: 3GPP

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261. 5G – Fifth Generation

Creator: 3GPP

Father: 3GPP

Reason for Development: To provide faster data speeds, lower latency, and greater connectivity for mobile networks, enabling advanced
applications like autonomous vehicles, smart cities, and IoT.

Date: 2018

Organization: 3GPP

262. VPN – Virtual Private Network

Creator: Various authors (e.g., Gurdeep Singh-Pall)

Father: Gurdeep Singh-Pall (Microsoft)

Reason for Development: To create a secure, encrypted connection over the internet, allowing users to access private networks remotely while
protecting data from unauthorized access.
Date: 1996

Organization: Various organizations

263. VLAN – Virtual Local Area Network

Creator: IEEE

Father: IEEE

Reason for Development: To improve network efficiency and security by segmenting a physical network into multiple virtual networks, allowing
for better traffic management and isolation.

Date: 1998

Organization: IEEE

264. MPLS – Multi-Protocol Label Switching

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To increase the speed and efficiency of network traffic by using labels to route packets instead of relying solely on
destination IP addresses.

Date: 1997

Organization: IETF

265. L2TP – Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol

Creator: Microsoft and Cisco

Father: Microsoft, Cisco

Reason for Development: To provide a more secure tunneling protocol than PPTP for creating virtual private networks (VPNs), combining the
features of PPTP and L2F.

Date: 1999

Organization: IETF

266. PPTP – Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol

Creator: Microsoft

Father: Microsoft

Reason for Development: To implement a method of creating secure point-to-point VPN connections over the internet.

Date: 1995

Organization: Microsoft

267. QoS – Quality of Service

Creator: IETF
Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To ensure the reliable transmission of data by prioritizing traffic on a network, allowing for better management of
bandwidth and latency.

Date: 1997

Organization: IETF

268. SLA – Service Level Agreement

Creator: Various organizations

Father: Various organizations

Reason for Development: To define the agreed-upon performance, quality, and availability standards between service providers and customers.

Date: 1990s

Organization: Various organizations

269. BGP – Border Gateway Protocol

Creator: Bill Manning, Yakov Rekhter, and others

Father: Bill Manning, Yakov Rekhter

Reason for Development: To provide inter-domain routing between different autonomous systems on the internet.

Date: 1989

Organization: IETF

270. OSPF – Open Shortest Path First

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To provide an efficient, scalable, and robust interior gateway routing protocol for IP networks.

Date: 1989

Organization: IETF

271. RIP – Routing Information Protocol

Creator: Bob Kahn, Jon Postel

Father: Bob Kahn, Jon Postel

Reason for Development: To allow routers to dynamically share information about the best paths for network traffic.

Date: 1988

Organization: IETF

272. IS-IS – Intermediate System to Intermediate System

Creator: ISO

Father: ISO

Reason for Development: To provide a robust routing protocol for large-scale networks, particularly used in service provider networks.

Date: 1990

Organization: ISO

273. EIGRP – Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol

Creator: Cisco

Father: Cisco

Reason for Development: To provide an advanced, scalable routing protocol with faster convergence and more flexibility than RIP.

Date: 1993

Organization: Cisco

274. TFTP – Trivial File Transfer Protocol

Creator: David L. Mills

Father: David L. Mills

Reason for Development: To provide a simple and minimalistic method of transferring files across a network, used in environments where
reliability is less of a concern.

Date: 1980

Organization: IETF

275. SNMP – Simple Network Management Protocol

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF
Reason for Development: To provide a standard protocol for network management and monitoring devices in IP networks.

Date: 1988

Organization: IETF

276. NAT – Network Address Translation

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To enable multiple devices on a private network to share a single public IP address when accessing external networks.

Date: 1994

Organization: IETF

277. PAT – Port Address Translation

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To extend NAT by allowing multiple devices to share a single public IP address while differentiating them by port
numbers.

Date: 1994

Organization: IETF

278. CIDR – Classless Inter-Domain Routing

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To improve the efficiency of IP address allocation and routing by eliminating the limitations of class-based addressing.

Date: 1993

Organization: IETF

279. ARP – Address Resolution Protocol

Creator: David C. Plummer

Father: David C. Plummer

Reason for Development: To map an IP address to its corresponding MAC address on a local network.

Date: 1982

Organization: IETF

280. STP – Spanning Tree Protocol

Creator: Dr. Radia Perlman

Father: Dr. Radia Perlman

Reason for Development: To prevent network loops in Ethernet networks by creating a loop-free logical topology.

Date: 1985

Organization: IEEE

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321. ICANN – Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

Creator: Jon Postel

Father: Jon Postel

Reason for Development: To coordinate and manage the global domain name system (DNS), ensuring every domain name is unique.

Date: 1998

Organization: ICANN

322. IPSec – Internet Protocol Security

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To provide secure communication by encrypting and authenticating IP packets over a network.

Date: 1995

Organization: IETF

323. BGP – Border Gateway Protocol

Creator: Kirk Lougheed

Father: Kirk Lougheed

Reason for Development: To enable inter-domain routing between different autonomous systems (AS) on the internet.

Date: 1989

Organization: IETF

324. SDN – Software-Defined Networking

Creator: Open Networking Foundation

Father: Open Networking Foundation

Reason for Development: To enable network administrators to manage network services through software rather than hardware.

Date: 2011

Organization: Open Networking Foundation

325. MPLS – Multi-Protocol Label Switching

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To speed up data transfer and improve network efficiency by using labels to route packets.

Date: 1997

Organization: IETF

326. VPN – Virtual Private Network

Creator: Various organizations

Father: Various organizations

Reason for Development: To allow secure communication over an insecure network, providing privacy and security for users.

Date: 1990s

Organization: Various organizations

327. LAN – Local Area Network

Creator: Various inventors

Father: Various inventors

Reason for Development: To connect computers and devices in a limited area (e.g., office or building) for sharing resources and information.

Date: 1960s

Organization: Various organizations

328. WAN – Wide Area Network

Creator: Various inventors

Father: Various inventors

Reason for Development: To connect computers and networks across large geographical areas, such as cities or countries.

Date: 1960s

Organization: Various organizations

329. MAN – Metropolitan Area Network

Creator: Various inventors

Father: Various inventors

Reason for Development: To connect networks across a city or metropolitan area, offering a larger coverage than a LAN but smaller than a WAN.

Date: 1980s

Organization: Various organizations

330. PAN – Personal Area Network

Creator: Various inventors

Father: Various inventors

Reason for Development: To connect personal devices, such as smartphones and laptops, over short distances, typically within a single room.

Date: 1990s

Organization: Various organizations

331. QoS – Quality of Service

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To prioritize traffic on a network, ensuring certain applications (e.g., VoIP, video) receive the necessary bandwidth and
low latency.

Date: 1994

Organization: IETF

337. IMAP – Internet Message Access Protocol

Creator: Mark Crispin

Father: Mark Crispin

Reason for Development: To allow email users to store messages on a mail server and access them from multle devices.

Date: 1986

Organization: IETF

338. POP3 – Post Office Protocol Version 3

Creator: Marshall Rose

Father: Marshall Rose

Reason for Development: To enable email users to retrieve their messages from a mail server and download them to their local device.

Date: 1988

Organization: IETF

339. Wi-Fi – Wireless Fidelity

Creator: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Father: IEEE

Reason for Development: To provide a wireless alternative to wired LANs using radio waves for communication.

Date: 1997

Organization: IEEE

340. WPS – Wi-Fi Protected Setup

Creator: Wi-Fi Alliance

Father: Wi-Fi Alliance

Reason for Development: To simplify the process of connecting devices to a secure wireless network.

Date: 2007

Organization: Wi-Fi Alliance

341. WPA – Wi-Fi Protected Access

Creator: Wi-Fi Alliance

Father: Wi-Fi Alliance

Reason for Development: To improve security on wireless networks by replacing WEP with stronger encryption methods.

Date: 2003

Organization: Wi-Fi Alliance

342. WPA2 – Wi-Fi Protected Access II

Creator: Wi-Fi Alliance

Father: Wi-Fi Alliance

Reason for Development: To enhance WPA security by implementing AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) encryption.

Date: 2004

Organization: Wi-Fi Alliance

343. WPA3 – Wi-Fi Protected Access III

Creator: Wi-Fi Alliance

Father: Wi-Fi Alliance

Reason for Development: To provide stronger security for wireless networks, particularly in public networks.

Date: 2018

Organization: Wi-Fi Alliance

344. SSID – Service Set Identifier

Creator: IEEE

Father: IEEE

Reason for Development: To identify a particular wireless network, allowing devices to connect to the correct one.

Date: 1997

Organization: IEEE

346. NAT – Network Address Translation

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To enable multiple devices on a private network to share a single public IP address when accessing the internet.

Date: 1994

Organization: IETF
347. CGNAT – Carrier-Grade NAT

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To address the shortage of IPv4 addresses by enabling multiple customers to share a single public IP address.

Date: 2008

Organization: IETF

348. ARP – Address Resolution Protocol

Creator: David C. Plummer

Father: David C. Plummer

Reason for Development: To map an IP address to its corresponding MAC address in a local network.

Date: 1982

Organization: IETF

349. IP – Internet Protocol

Creator: Vint Cerf, Bob Kahn

Father: Vint Cerf, Bob Kahn

Reason for Development: To provide addressing and routing for data packets on the internet.

Date: 1981

Organization: IETF

350. TCP – Transmission Control Protocol

Creator: Vint Cerf, Bob Kahn

Father: Vint Cerf, Bob Kahn

Reason for Development: To provide reliable, ordered delivery of data packets between devices on a network.

Date: 1974

Organization: IETF

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353. BGPv4 – Border Gateway Protocol Version 4

Creator: Yakov Rekhter, Tony Li

Father: Yakov Rekhter, Tony Li

Reason for Development: To handle routing decisions across large-scale networks like the internet and handle IP address routing.

Date: 1994

Organization: IETF

354. L2TP – Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To support VPNs by combining the features of PPTP and L2F to provide secure tunneling over a network.

Date: 1999

Organization: IETF

355. PSTN – Public Switched Telephone Network

Creator: Various inventors

Father: Various inventors

Reason for Development: To enable traditional telephone services via circuit-switched networks, providing a global system for telephone
communication.

Date: 1876

Organization: Various organizations

356. VoIP – Voice over Internet Protocol

Creator: Various inventors

Father: Various inventors

Reason for Development: To enable voice communication over the internet using packet-switched protocols instead of traditional circuit-switched
telephony.

Date: 1995

Organization: Various organizations

357. RTSP – Real-Time Streaming Protocol

Creator: RealNetworks, Netscape Communications

Father: RealNetworks, Netscape Communications

Reason for Development: To manage the delivery of streaming media by providing mechanisms for controlling and viewing multimedia content
over the internet.

Date: 1998

Organization: IETF

358. RTP – Real-Time Protocol

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To provide end-to-end delivery services for real-time data, such as audio and video streams, over IP networks.

Date: 1996

Organization: IETF

359. IMAP4 – Internet Message Access Protocol Version 4

Creator: Mark Crispin

Father: Mark Crispin

Reason for Development: To allow users to retrieve and manage email messages on a server from multiple devices, offering better flexibility than
POP3.

Date: 1996

Organization: IETF

360. IPv6 – Internet Protocol Version 6

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To address the limitations of IPv4, including address exhaustion, by providing a larger address space and improved
routing capabilities.

Date: 1995

Organization: IETF

361. RARP – Reverse Address Resolution Protocol

Creator: David C. Plummer

Father: David C. Plummer

Reason for Development: To enable devices to determine their IP addresses based on their MAC addresses, useful for diskless workstations.

Date: 1984

Organization: IETF

362. DNSSEC – Domain Name System Security Extensions

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To add a layer of security to the DNS system, preventing attacks like cache poisoning and ensuring data integrity.

Date: 2005

Organization: IETF
363. DHCP – Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

Creator: Ralph Droms

Father: Ralph Droms

Reason for Development: To allow devices to automatically receive an IP address and configuration information when connecting to a network.

Date: 1993

Organization: IETF

364. TLS – Transport Layer Security

Creator: IETF

Father: IETF

Reason for Development: To replace SSL as a more secure method for encrypting communication over a network, particularly the internet.

Date: 1999

Organization: IETF

365. SSL – Secure Sockets Layer

Creator: Netscape

Father: Netscape

Reason for Development: To provide encryption and secure communication between web browsers and servers, protecting data from interception.

Date: 1994
Organization: Netscape

367. SMB – Server Message Block

Creator: IBM, Microsoft

Father: IBM, Microsoft

Reason for Development: To provide network file sharing services, allowing applications and devices to read and write to files and request
services from server programs.

Date: 1983

Organization: IBM, Microsoft

368. NFS – Network File System

Creator: Sun Microsystems

Father: Sun Microsystems

Reason for Development: To allow a computer to access files over a network as if they were on the local machine, enabling file sharing across
platforms.

Date: 1984
Organization: Sun Microsystems

369. SIP – Session Initiation Protocol

Creator: Henning Schulzrinne, et al.

Father: Henning Schulzrinne

Reason for Development: To initiate, maintain, and terminate real-time communication sessions such as VoIP, video conferencing, and instant
messaging.

Date: 1996

Organization: IETF

370. X.25 – X.25 Protocol

Creator: ITU-T

Father: ITU-T

Reason for Development: To provide a reliable packet-switching protocol for wide-area networks, particularly in telecommunications.

Date: 1976

Organization: ITU-T

371. TCP/IP – Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

Creator: Vint Cerf, Bob Kahn

Father: Vint Cerf, Bob Kahn

Reason for Development: To define the communication protocols used to interconnect devices over the internet.

Date: 1973

Organization: IETF

372. LAN – Local Area Network

Creator: Various inventors

Father: Various inventors

Reason for Development: To provide network connectivity within a limited geographic area, such as a home, office, or campus.

Date: 1960s

Organization: Various organizations

373. WAN – Wide Area Network

Creator: Various inventors

Father: Various inventors

Reason for Development: To connect networks over large geographical areas, such as cities or countries, allowing data to flow between them.
Date: 1960s

Organization: Various organizations

374. MAN – Metropolitan Area Network

Creator: Various inventors

Father: Various inventors

Reason for Development: To connect networks across a city or metropolitan area, providing faster and more cost-effective services than WANs.

Date: 1980s

Organization: Various organizations

375. PAN – Personal Area Network

Creator: Various inventors

Father: Various inventors

Reason for Development: To connect personal devices like smartphones and laptops over short distances, often using Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.

Date: 1990s

Organization: Various organizations

376. LANMAN – LAN Manager

Creator: Microsoft

Father: Microsoft

Reason for Development: To provide network file sharing and printing services on a local network, particularly in Windows environments.

Date: 1987

Organization: Microsoft