To satisfy my curiosity, I went in search of the earliest adopters of the World Wide Web as we know it today and to my surprise there were WWW dns entries that go back as far as 1985…can you believe that…now who was browsing the internet back in 1985 (other than Al Gore). Anyways, the list below represents the 100 first domains ever registered on the internet…it includes some expected names, some unexpected names and some notable missing names.(NB. Entries registered on the same days are in random order on that day.)
1. 15-Mar-1985 http://www.symbolics.com/
2. 24-Apr-1985 http://www.bbn.com/
3. 24-May-1985 http://www.think.com/
4. 11-Jul-1985 http://www.mcc.com/
5. 30-Sep-1985 http://www.dec.com/
6. 07-Nov-1985 http://www.northrop.com/
7. 09-Jan-1986 http://www.xerox.com/
8. 17-Jan-1986 http://www.sri.com/
9. 03-Mar-1986 http://www.hp.com/
10. 05-Mar-1986 http://www.bellcore.com/
11. 19-Mar-1986 http://www.ibm.com/
12. 19-Mar-1986 http://www.sun.com/
13. 25-Mar-1986 http://www.intel.com/
14. 25-Mar-1986 http://www.ti.com/
15. 25-Apr-1986 http://www.att.com/
16. 08-May-1986 http://www.gmr.com/
17. 08-May-1986 http://www.tek.com/
18. 10-Jul-1986 http://www.fmc.com/
19. 10-Jul-1986 http://www.ub.com/
20. 05-Aug-1986 http://www.bell-atl.com/
21. 05-Aug-1986 http://www.ge.com/
22. 05-Aug-1986 http://www.grebyn.com/
23. 05-Aug-1986 http://www.isc.com/
24. 05-Aug-1986 http://www.nsc.com/
25. 05-Aug-1986 http://www.stargate.com/
26. 02-Sep-1986 http://www.boeing.com/
27. 18-Sep-1986 http://www.itcorp.com/
28. 29-Sep-1986 http://www.siemens.com/
29. 18-Oct-1986 http://www.pyramid.com/
30. 27-Oct-1986 http://www.alphacdc.com/
31. 27-Oct-1986 http://www.bdm.com/
32. 27-Oct-1986 http://www.fluke.com/
33. 27-Oct-1986 http://www.inmet.com/
34. 27-Oct-1986 http://www.kesmai.com/
35. 7-Oct-1986 http://www.mentor.com/
36. 7-Oct-1986 http://www.nec.com/
37. 27-Oct-1986 http://www.ray.com/
38. 27-Oct-1986 http://www.rosemount.com/
39. 27-Oct-1986 http://www.vortex.com/
40. 05-Nov-1986 http://www.alcoa.com/
41. 05-Nov-1986 http://www.gte.com/
42. 17-Nov-1986 http://www.adobe.com/
43. 17-Nov-1986 http://www.amd.com/
44. 17-Nov-1986 http://www.das.com/
45. 17-Nov-1986 http://www.data-io.com/
46. 17-Nov-1986 http://www.octopus.com/
47. 17-Nov-1986 http://www.portal.com/
48. 17-Nov-1986 http://www.teltone.com/
49. 11-Dec-1986 http://www.3com.com/
50. 11-Dec-1986 http://www.amdahl.com/
51. 11-Dec-1986 http://www.ccur.com/
52. 11-Dec-1986 http://www.ci.com/
53. 11-Dec-1986 http://www.convergent.com/
54. 11-Dec-1986 http://www.dg.com/
55. 11-Dec-1986 http://www.peregrine.com/
56. 11-Dec-1986 http://www.quad.com/
57. 11-Dec-1986 http://www.sq.com/
58. 11-Dec-1986 http://www.tandy.com/
59. 11-Dec-1986 http://www.tti.com/
60. 11-Dec-1986 http://www.unisys.com/
61. 19-Jan-1987 http://www.cgi.com/
62. 19-Jan-1987 http://www.cts.com/
63. 19-Jan-1987 http://www.spdcc.com/
64. 19-Feb-1987 http://www.apple.com/
65. 04-Mar-1987 http://www.nma.com/
66. 04-Mar-1987 http://www.prime.com/
67. 04-Apr-1987 http://www.philips.com/
68. 23-Apr-1987 http://www.datacube.com/
69. 23-Apr-1987 http://www.kai.com/
70. 23-Apr-1987 http://www.tic.com/
71. 23-Apr-1987 http://www.vine.com/
72. 30-Apr-1987 http://www.ncr.com/
73. 14-May-1987 http://www.cisco.com/
74. 14-May-1987 http://www.rdl.com/
75. 20-May-1987 http://www.slb.com/
76. 27-May-1987 http://www.parcplace.com/
77. 27-May-1987 http://www.utc.com/
78. 26-Jun-1987 http://www.ide.com/
79. 09-Jul-1987 http://www.trw.com/
80. 13-Jul-1987 http://www.unipress.com/
81. 27-Jul-1987 http://www.dupont.com/
82. 27-Jul-1987 http://www.lockheed.com/
83. 28-Jul-1987 http://www.rosetta.com/
84. 18-Aug-1987 http://www.toad.com/
85. 31-Aug-1987 http://www.quick.com/
86. 03-Sep-1987 http://www.allied.com/
87. 03-Sep-1987 http://www.dsc.com/
88. 03-Sep-1987 http://www.sco.com/
89. 22-Sep-1987 http://www.gene.com/
90. 22-Sep-1987 http://www.kccs.com/
91. 22-Sep-1987 http://www.spectra.com/
92. 22-Sep-1987 http://www.wlk.com/
93. 30-Sep-1987 http://www.mentat.com/
94. 14-Oct-1987 http://www.wyse.com/
95. 02-Nov-1987 http://www.cfg.com/
96. 09-Nov-1987 http://www.marble.com/
97. 16-Nov-1987 http://www.cayman.com/
97. 16-Nov-1987 http://www.entity.com/
99. 24-Nov-1987 http://www.ksr.com/
100. 30-Nov-1987 http://www.nynexst.com/
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