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Advanced Research projects agency (ARPA) is created
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Computers at Stanford and UCLA connected for the first time
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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 devolped
Developed by Ray Tomlinson who also made the decision to use the @ symbol to separate the username form the computer name ( which later 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 is invented
The modem was inveted by Dennis Hayes and Dale Heatherington and introduced and initially sold to computer hobbyists -
Apple was created
Apple was created and to this day is one of the leading technology companies in the world. Source -
Spam is born
The first unsolicited commercial email message (later known as spam), was sent out to 600 California Arpanet users by Gary Thurek -
MUD- the earliest form of multiplayer games debuted
The precursor of World of Warcraft and Second Life was devolved 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 laptop was created
The first laptop was released. Making going on the internet and using a computer eaiser -
The first emoticon :-)
The first emoticon was used, while many people credit Kevin MacKenzie with the invention of the first emoticon in 1979, it was Scott Fahlman in 1982 who proposed using :-) as 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 adress counterparts. DNS servers allowed Inetrnet 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 World Wide Web was written by Tim Breners-Lee, based on his proposal from the year before, along with the standards for HTML, HTTP, and URLs. -
First web page created
1991 brought some major innovations to the world of 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 -
ESPN.com is Launched
The website for ESPN was launched making following sports and reading about the eaiser
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Amazon was created
The online shopping site, Amazon was launched which now has everything A to Z. source -
The first sports game was broadcast online
The game between The New York Yankees and the Seattle Mariners was broadcast online. source -
CBS launched a beta for online fantasy football
CBS launched the beta for online fantasy football making playing fantasy football forever changed, within 3 years almost every sports website had their own fantasy football platform. source -
YouTube was launched
The video site, YouTube was lunched and is one of the most popular websites ever and has over 1 billion users. Source -
Twitter was launched
The launching of Twitter is one of the biggest moments of social media history. It is still a top social media site source -
Instagram was created
The social media app Instagram was created. The app is intended to share photos with your followers. Source
