Older Than the Web

The Internet was first developed in the 1960s with projects such as ARPANET. While the exact history of the internet is complex and questionable, rules for this had to be put in place.

For the purpose, this will only focus on when the Internet was release for commercial reasons. That means Tropes first documented in the era when television was becoming common media (1940s) and before the emergence of commercial usage of the Internet by civilians (1990s).