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ENIAC
ENIAC(Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was created as the first general-purposes electronic computer by John Mauchly and J. Eckert. -
ARPANET
ARPANET(Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) is created as the first public network of computers that originally connected government agencies and research institutions. -
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History Of The Internet
A timeline of some important events throughout the history of the internet. -
Maze War
Considered to be the first online game, Maze War was made playable on ARPANET. Maze War is planning a rerelease on Steam. -
First Online News Source
The Columbus Dispatch became the first newspaper to be distributed online. This caused the eventual widespread move from paper style news sources to online news sources. -
Archie
The internet's first search engine, Archie, is created. This makes it much easier for files to be found and accessed on the web. -
Worldwide Web
The web goes worldwide as the code becomes public domain and accessible for anyone, from anywhere. -
First Internet Scam
The first internet scam was recorded as users of AOL would pretend to be administrators of the program in order to steal other users' passwords. This process was named "phishing". -
First Nokia Smartphone
The Nokia 9000 Communicator becomes the first smartphone released by Nokia, newly capable of cellular internet connectivity. -
First Pop-Up Ad
The first pop-up ad was created, allowing advertisers to cause an ad to cover a section of users' screens. The original creator was interviewed, and an interesting article can be found here. -
Modern Wifi
The first form of the Wifi we know today was created by the IEEE, and had a transmission speed of about 2 Mbit/s. Most internet activities today require a minimum of 5 Mbit/s or more. -
SixDegrees
SixDegrees, considered to be the first social media site, was introduced to the web. This allowed users to create profiles, create posts, and become friends with other users. -
Google
The most popular search engine in recent times was created. Has dominated the internet ever since by constantly diversifying its uses. -
Facebook
Originally called "TheFacebook", Facebook became one of the world's largest sites. It has been a long lasting social media giant to this day. -
Youtube
Youtube is created and released, along with the first video titled "Me at the Zoo". The video was posted by Youtube Co-Founder Jawed Karim. -
Netflix Streaming
Moving from mailing DVDs to online movie streaming, Netflix becomes the largest movie streaming platform. This would lead to many other companies replicating this style of service to this day. -
First iPhone
Apple releases the first iPhone, revolutionizing cellular devices and beginning their long reign at the top of the smartphone/technology market. -
Space Internet
internet is able to be used in space using DTN software. DTN uses "store-and-forward" mechanisms to transfer data. A link from NASA on how DTN software works can be found here. -
Flappy Bird
One of the largest mobile games to date. Took the internet by storm and became massively popular very quick. Later deleted from app stores in 2014. -
First Amazon Alexa & Echo Speaker
Amazon releases the first echo speaker with Alexa incorporated with it. This allowed users to get answers to questions on the web, play music, and more by just using their voice to communicate with Alexa. -
ChatGPT
OpenAI creates ChatGPT using GPT-3 technology. ChatGPT becomes massively popular for being one of the most accessible and smartest AI programs.