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History of the Internet
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Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) is created
Found a way that computers can talk to each other in case of
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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 the "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 is Invented
The modem was invented by Dennis Hayes and Dale 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 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 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. -
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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
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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
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. -
The White House Launches its Website
White House The website www.whitehouse.gov is established and becomes the official website of the White House. -
Google Began
Wikipedia
Two Stanford students started a search engine that would become the largest search engine on the web. -
45 Million People Are Using the Internet
45 Million People Approximately 45 million people are using the Internet, with roughly 30 million of those in North America (United States and Canada), 9 million in Europe, and 6 million in Asia/Pacific. -
The Launch of Myspace
Myspace Myspace had a significant influence on pop culture and music and created a gaming platform that launched the successes of Zynga and Rock You, among others. The site also started the trend of creating unique URLs for companies and artists. -
Facemash is Created
Facemash
Facemash, Facebook's predecessor, was created in a Harvard dorm room by student Mark Zuckerberg. -
Facebook is Launched
Facebook The social media site was launched. It now has over 400,000 views each month. -
The Launch of Twitter
Twitter The popular social networking site Twitter was launched on the interntet and it's first users discovered it. -
Microsoft Purchases Yahoo!
Yahoo! In a move to challenge Google's dominance of search and advertising on the Internet, software giant Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion. -
Instagram is Launched
Instagram Instagram is launched on apple products changing the way people share photos with each other.
