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Advanced research Projects Agency (ARPA) is Created
Found a way that computers can talk to each other in case of nuclear attack -
Computers at Stanford and UCLA connected for the first time
The first hosts on what would one day become the internet -
An Arpanet network was established
Network between Harvard, MIT, and BBN (the company that created "interface message processor" computers used to connect to the network) in 1970 was created. -
Email was first developed
developed by Ray Tomlinson, who also made the decision to use the "@" symbol to separate the user name from the computer name (which later on became the domain name). -
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). -
The first personal computer modem was invented
the modem was invented by Dennis Hayes and Dayle Heatherington, and was introduced and initially sold to computer hobbyists. -
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
the precursor to World of Warcraft and Second Life was developed in 1979, and it 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 :-)
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 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 addresses 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
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. -
The Archie search engine went up.
This was the first search engine, paving the way for many more to come.
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First web page created in 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. -
Ebay was founded
What started in the living room of someones home has transformed into the ebay so many people use today.
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google.com is now a registered domain name
though not the first, google is definitely one of the most used search engines out there.
google history
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YouTube was created
The widely popular video streaming website was first launched in 2005 How YouTube Changed Journalism -
YouTube's first video was posted
"me at the zoo" was a video by one of the co-founders and was posted to the site, now having almost 34 million views
important YouTube history -
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Google bought YouTube
In not even two years YouTube was recognized and bought for 1.65 billion dollars by Google.
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google play was created
google play is a website by android, where you can buy things like music or tv shows etc.
google play
