Anthony Lindstrom's History of the Internet

  • Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) is created

    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

    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

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

    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

    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 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.
  • Amamzon.com comes online.

    Amamzon.com comes online.
    Amazon starting dateAmazon.com is open to the public.
  • Ebay starts

    Ebay starts
    Ebay startsEbay comes online and starts its program.
  • Google come online

    Google come online
    Google comes onlineGoogle starts its first browser.
  • Skype is created

    Skype is created
    Skype is createdSkype was create as a social networking site then moved to a seperate program.
  • Facebook came online

    Facebook came online
    Facebook History
    Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg on Febuary 4th, 2004.
  • Roblox Beta comes out

    Roblox Beta comes out
    Roblox HistoryRoblox releases its beta form.
  • Youtube

    Youtube
    History of youtubeYouTube began when three former PayPal employees activated the Internet domain name "YouTube.com" and started to create a video-sharing website.
  • Ninjakiwi.com Came online

    Ninjakiwi.com Came online
    Ninjakiwi HistoryThe creaters on ninjakiwi made their first game and put it on the internet.
  • Twitter comes online

    Twitter comes online
    Twitter comes onlineTwitter opens to the public.
  • Minecraft Online Game was released to the public

    Minecraft Online Game was released to the public
    Minecraft Official Website
    Markus Persson realeases Minecraft Beta for public use.