cade mikulski's history of the internet timeline

By cm7
  • research project agency (ARPA)

    research project agency (ARPA)
    I found out that we created the internet in the cold war.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • The beginning of TCP/IP

    The beginning of TCP/IP
    A proposal was published to link Arp-like networks together into a so-called "inter-network", which would have no central control .
  • The first personal computer modem is invented

    The first personal computer modem is invented
    The modem was invited by Dennis Hayes and Dale Heatherington and was introduced and initally 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.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 proposel 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 explained what email was, its purpose was to explain what the World Wide Web was.