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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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Nike ID
Nike IDNike ID is a service provided by Nike allowing customers to personalize and design their own Nike merchandise. -
The Internet Began
InternetThe Internet is the global system of interconnected computer networks that use the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to link billions of devices worldwide. -
Computers at Stanford and UCLA connected for the first time
The first hosts on what would one day
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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.
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Email was first developed
Developed by Ray Tomlinson, who also made the decision to use the "@" symbol to separate
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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)
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The first Personal Computer Modem is Invented
The modem was invented by Dennis Hayes and Dale Heatherington,
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Spam is born
The first unsolicited commercial email message(later known as spam), was sent out to 600 California Arpanet users by Gary Thuerk. -
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. -
ESPN came out
ESPNESPN is a U.S.-based global cable and satellite television channel that broadcasts sports on TV and through the radio. -
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. -
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. -
Wikipedia was Launched
WikipediaWikipedia is a free encyclopedia written by anyone who uses the website. -
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Facebook came out
FacebookFacebook is an online website that makes it easy to connect and share with your friends and family -
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Youtube started
YoutubeYoutube is a free way to broadcast yourself to millions of people throughout the world and share videos -
Webkinz came out
WebkinzWebkinz are stuffed animals that have an online game called "Webkinz World." Webkinz were originally created by a Canadian toy company Ganz -
Instagram began
InstagramInstagram is an app that allows poeple to take photos and videos and share them with whoever you follow -
Snapchat began
SnapchatSnapchat is an app that sends pictures and videos to any of your friends but they don't save, so you can only watch it for 10 seconds.
