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Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) was Created
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Computers at Stanford and UCLA connected for the First Time
The first hosts on what one day become the internet. -
An Arpanet Network was Established
Network between Harvard, MIT, and BBN (the company that created the "interface message processer" computers used to connect 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 username from the computer name (which later on became the domain name) -
The Beginning of TCP/IP
A proposal was published to link the 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. -
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 URL's. -
First Web Page Created 1991
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. -
One of the First Search Engines: VLib
One of the first search engines was VLib by Tim-Berners Lee, it was written in PHP. (https://www.wordstream.com/articles/internet-search-engines-history) -
The First Ever Picture Posted to the Internet
The first ever picture on the internet was in 1996 by Tim-Berners Lee on the behalf of a band called "Les Horribles Cernetts". The woman's names were Colette Marx-Nielsen, Angela Higney, Michele de Gennaro and Candian Lynn Veronneau. They were made up of employee's and friends of workers at CERN. (http://www.cbsnews.com/news/first-picture-on-the-internet-turns-20/) -
IMBd is Created
IMBd was originally funded in 1989 but was finally published to the internet in 1993. IMBd is a database of movies, television shows, and video games. It's like Google's database of the dominant part of the Internet but just for movies, television shows, and video games.
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The Creation of Google
Google was funded by Larey Page and Sergey Brin at Stanford University. Their mission was, "to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful," which they have seemingly accomplished. Google's database now holds millions upon millions of websites, photos, videos and much more. It also now includes tools to help with school and work which most find very convenient. Source of info -
Reliable? The Invention of Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a non-profit organization owned by Wikimedia. It was made by Jerry Wales and Larry Sanger, today it is the sixth most used website. The large amounts of data stored in one place is compared to the libraries of Alexandria. The original intent of wikipedia was to have a free online encyclopedia. While most websites veer from there original intent Wikipedia kept the same mission the entire time. Source of info -
Safari: Apple's Personal Web Browser
Safari was made to compete with Internet Explorer, the web browser released by Microsoft. It was originally released just for the Macintosh but became available to Windows in 2007. Apple computers originally had to use Netscape Navigator or even Internet Explorer to access the web. When it was released it was considered the fastest and most convenient and maintains the title to this day. Source used for info -
Me at the Zoo: The Birth of Effecient Video Streaming
YouTube was made by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim who were cooworkers at PayPal. The original idea of a video streaming service was to make it a dating site but with videos. They claim to be inspired by "Hot or Not" a dating site they were aware of at the time. The first video uploaded to the site is called, "Me at the Zoo" and it was uploaded April 25th 2005.Source of info -
Tweet Tweet, The Invention of Twitter
Twitter was made in 2006 by four men named, Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, Biz Stone, and Noah Glass. The original intent was because they were trying to save a dying company and send text messages on their phones. Jack Dorsey (one of the founders) sent out the first tweet which said "just setting up my twtter". The current most popular account was Lady GaGa with over 33 million followers.
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The Game That Would Take 12 Year Old's Minds
Minecraft was developed and published in 2009 by a man nick named "Notch". His real name was Markus Persson. The company was named Mojang made up of Notch and a team of developers. It ended being taken over by a man nicknamed Jeb, his real name being Jens Bergensten. In 2014 it was released that there were over 54 million copies of Minecraft sold on all platforms. Source of info -
Cookie Clicker: Mr. Rotindo's Favorite Game
The maker of cookie clicker is named Julien Thiennot who enjoys coding and experimenting with javascript. It was originally posted on 4chan and spread through social media. It is known as an "incremental" game. An incremental game is a game where you do a certain action repeatedly to get points. Source of info
