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Advanced Research Projects Agency(ARPA) is founded
Found a way computers could communicate in case of a nuclear attack -
Computers at Stanford and UCLA conected for the first time
The first hosts on what would become the internet -
An ARPAnet network was established
Network between Harvard, MIT, and BBN(the company that created IMP computers) was created -
Email was first developed
Developed by Ray Tomlinson, who also also made the decision to seperate the username from the computer mane with @ -
The begining of TCP/IP
A proposal was published to link ARPA like networks working around a transmission control protocol(TCP) -
The invention of the first personal computer modem
Dennis Hayes and Dale Heatherington invent the modem, which was marketed to computer enthusiasts -
Spam is born
The first unsolicited commercial email was sent out to 600 California ARPAnet users by Gary Thuerk -
MUD(MultiUser Dungeon) was created
The predecessor to many online games, MUDs were text based RPGs(Role playing Games) that featured multiplayer support -
The first emoticon is created
The irst emoticon( :-) ) was created by Scott Fahlman in 1982 -
The Domain Name System(DNS) was created
DNS servers were created, making web addresses more human friendly as compared to the numerical IP value. DNS servers created an easy-to-remember domain name and converted it to an IP address -
World wide web protocols finished
The code for the world wide web was written byTim Berners-Lee, based on his proposal the year before along with the standards for HTML, HTTP and URLs -
First web page created
Brought some major innovations to 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. -
Quake is released
Quake revolutionized online multiplayer in a first person shooter -
Google search is created
WikipediaThe world's most powerful and popular search engine was created, allowing for many to surf the web with ease -
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Valve founds Steam
wikipediaValve revolutionized the distribution of games via the internet with steam -
Facebook founded
Wikipedia Mark Zuckerberg founded facebook, the websute that revolutionized the social media movement -
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Amazon web services created
WikipediaAmazon created amazon web services, one of the first cloud service suites -
Tumblr is created
WikipediaThe precursor to instagram, tumblr offered a way for photographers to create places where they could share their work -
Apple invents the iphone
Wikipedia Apple allowed internet browsing to become even more portable with the invention of the iphone -
Nvidia launches project SHIELD
WikipediaGraphics technology kingpin nvidia launches project shield, which allowed users to stream high quality gameplay to a mobile platform
