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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 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. -
First Laptop created
Laptop A laptop is a personalized computer used for work, education, and personal use. A laptop combines the components of a normal desktop computer into a smaller portable device. -
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 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
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. -
Photoshop was released
Photoshop Photoshop is graphic editing program developed and published by Windows. It can edit and compose images in all different kinds of ways. -
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. -
Wi-Fi was created
Wi-Fi (wireless internet) Wi-Fi, or otherwise known as wireless internet, allows users to access the internet from any wirless device such as a smart phone, tablet, or laptop. -
ESPN Website was created
ESPN Website ESPN is a United States based sports tv program. The website allows users to track their favorite teams and current news of sports teams and players. -
Google was invented
GoogleGoogle is an American made multinational web browser for searching products, web pages, and online advertising. -
Facebook was first created
Facebook.com Facebook is an online social networking website that allows users to share information, photos, create events, and much more. A lot of users have been able to connect with old friends and communicate from all part of the country and even the world. Facebook sky rocketed once revealed to the world being the first of its kind. -
Twitter was first created
Twitter.com Twitter, the online social networking site that allows people to send, read, and share messages other wise known as "tweets". -
iPhone was released
iPhone The iPhone is smartphone designed by Apple. It has a multi-touch screen with a beautiful camera. They have since created 6 differnet models of the iPhone competeing with Samsang, Driod, and Windows phones. -
Bing was created
Bing.com
Bing is a web search engine created by microsoft to compete with Google and other popular web search engines. -
Instagram was first created
Instagram.com Instagram is the social media website that allows users to share photos and videos. Instagram first started out only sharing photos, but they have since created the technology to allow users to share videos as well.
