Alex Friedman's History of the Internet Timeline

  • Advanced Research Projects (ARPA) is created

    Advanced Research Projects (ARPA) is created
    A way is found so that computers can talk to each other in case of a nuclear attack
  • Computers at Stanfor and UCLA connected fot the first time.

    Computers at Stanfor and UCLA connected fot the first time.
    The first hosts on what would one day become the internet.
  • An Arpanet network was established.

    An Arpanet network was established.
    Networks between Harvard, MIT, and BNN, (the company that created the "interface message processor" computers used to connect to the network) in 1970 was created.
  • Email was first devolped

    Email was first devolped
    Devolped by Ray Tomlinson, who also made the decision to use the @ symbol to seperate the user name from the computer name (which later on became the domain name).
  • The beginning of TCP/IP

    The beginning of TCP/IP
    A proposal was published to link Arpa-like networks together into a so-called "inter-network", which would have no central control and would work around a transmission control protocol (which eventually became TCP/IP).
  • Apple was created

    Apple was created
    Apple Inc
    Apple Inc was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozinak and Ronald Wyane. This company produces everything from computer to cell phones, all of which the internet can be accesed on.
  • The first Personal Computer Modem is Invented-

    The first Personal Computer Modem is Invented-
    The modem was invented by Dennis Hayes and Dale Heatherington, and was introduced and initially sold to computer hobbyists
  • Spam is born

    Spam is born
    The first unsolicited commercial email message(later known as spam), was sent out to 600 California Arpanet users by Gary Thuerk
  • MUD – The earliest form of multiplayer games was debuted

     MUD – The earliest form of multiplayer games was debuted
    The precursor to World of Warcraft and Second Life was
    developed in 1979, and was called MUD (short for MultiUser Dungeon). MUDs were entirely text-based virtual worlds, combining elements of role-playing games, interactive, fiction, and online chat.
  • The first emoticon :-)

    The first emoticon :-)
    The first emoticon was used While many people credit Kevin MacKenzie with the invention of the emoticon in 1979, it was Scott Fahlman in 1982 who proposed using :-) after a joke, rather than the original -) proposed by
    MacKenzie.
  • The domain name system was created

    The domain name system was created
    The first Domain Name Servers (DNS) was created. The domain name system was important in that it made addresses on the Internet more human-friendly compared to its numerical IP address counterparts. DNS servers allowed Internet users to type in an easy-to-remember domain name and then converted it to the IP address automatically
  • World Wide Web protocols finished

     World Wide Web protocols finished
    The code for the World Wide Web was written by Tim Berners-Lee, based on his proposal from the year before, along with the standards for HTML, HTTP, and URLs.
  • First web page created 1991

    First web page created 1991
    brought some major innovations to the world of the Internet. The first web page was created and, much like the first email explained what email was, its purpose was to explain what the World Wide Web was.
  • Yahoo was created

    Yahoo was created
    [Yahoo](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!)
    Yahoo is a serch engine founded in 1994 and incorperated in 1995. It is also considered a social netwrok site.
  • Google.com was created

    Google.com was created
    History of Google
    Google was created as a search engine on september 4th, 1998 and strted out as a researcg project back iiin 1995. Since then, it has grown itno one of the largest search engines in the world.
  • Itunes was created

    Itunes was created
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    Itunes was created in 2001. It is a place where you can download music form apple. The itunes store is avaliable on iphones, ipods, and ipads.
  • Wikipedia was created

    Wikipedia was created
    History of Wikipedia
    Wikipedia is a place on the internet where a lot of information can be accessed. Sometimes, however, it is not the best site to use because people can sometimes have the ability to edit the information on this site.
  • Firefox was created

    Firefox was created
    date firefox was created
    Firefox was created as a serch engine back in 2002 by Dave Hyatt and Blake Ross. Since it was realed, it has been updated to different versions and the lartest version is Firefox 41.0.1
  • Facebook was created

    Facebook was created
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    Facbook was created in 2004 by harvard college roomate. It is a social networking site where people can share pictures, videos, and opions. It has close ties with Twitter and Instagram.
  • youtube was created

    youtube was created
    Youtube
    Youtube was created as a video sharing website and its headquaters are located in San Brueno, CA.
  • Twitter was created

    Twitter was created
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    Twitter was created as a social networking site where people can share their thoughts and view others. It has close ties with facebook and instagram.
  • instagram was created

    instagram was created
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    Insatgram was created as a social networking site where people can share pictures and videos. It has close ties with facebook and twitter.