If you really need to know, Graham Alexander Bell created the first telephone (no need to explain how he helped the development of the net).
Morse created Morse code, a system where a combination of dots and dashes created letters, that then formed words (a sort of Binary if you like). They could be sent over telegraph lines to message people, again helpin the development of the net. http://home.austin.rr.com/kinghome/signpage/baudot.html has info on Baudot codes, used in the transmission of messages over telegraph lines, again a sort of binary, but more developed. This was the best example of an early internet by using binary to transmit words.
Hope that helps, but do use google instead of [H] Forums.