[ih] History of Online Databases

[David L. Mills]

Rick,

I submit the first online ubiquitous database was the ARPANET host name
file. This may not be what you have in mind.

Dave

Rick wrote:
> 
> Hello all ...
> 
> Does anyone know (or can point me in the right
> direction) when the first online databases appeared?
> 
> I'm particularly interested in the first web-enabled
> databases -- how long after the launch of the WWW was
> it before anyone wrote a web-specific program, and
> what were the first databases used for?
> 
> Context: trying to produce useful teaching materials
> for a  UK national qualification:
> http://www.edexcel.org.uk/qualifications/QualificationAward.aspx?id=45013
> Unit 4: "Internet - Past, Present and Future".
> 
> Thanks ...
> (Rick)
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