Conner Sherlock's History of the Internet Timeline

By csherlock

  • Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) is created

    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

    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 be connected to the network) in 1970 was created.

  • 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 (which later on became the domain name)

  • The beginning of TCP/IP

    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 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

    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

    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 :-)
    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 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

    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

    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.

  • When Amazon Was Launched

    When Amazon Was Launched
    When Amazon Was launchedAmazon started as an online book store but has evolved in to selling just about anything you can buy in a store.

  • When Netflix Was Founded

    When Netflix Was Founded
    When Netflix Was FoundedNetflix is a provider of on demand internet streaming that allows you to watch videos.

  • Google was created

    Google was created
    When Google Was CreatedOne of the firsst engines called google was founded by Larry Page and is now the most visited website in the world.

  • When Wikipedia Was Launched

    When Wikipedia Was Launched
    <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia' >When Wikipedia Was Launched</a>Wikipedia is a non-profit online encyclopedia that is the sixth-most poular website.

  • Facebook was Founded

    Facebook was Founded
    When Facebook Was FoundedFacebook is a social media website that allows you to share your status with friends.

  • Youtube was Founded

    Youtube was Founded
    When Youtube Was FoundedYoutube allows you to upload,view,and share videos. It makes use of Adobe Flash Video and HTML5 technology to display videos.

  • When Twitter Was Launched

    When Twitter Was Launched
    When Twitter Was LaunchedTwitter is a social media site that allows people to see what you said(tweeted) on the site.

  • When Bing Was Launched

    When Bing Was Launched
    When Bing Was LaunchedBing is a search engine like google that allows you to find all sorts of websites.

  • Vine Was Released

    Vine Was Released
    When Vine Was ReleasedVine is a social media websites that allows you to show,revine, and view 6 second looping videos with followers.

  • When Instagram Was Released

    When Instagram Was Released
    When Instagram was FoundedInstagram is a social media site that allows you to share phtos and videos with friends.