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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
The first hosts on what would one day become the Internet. -
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. -
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
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 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 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. -
Videoconfrencing became possible
Video Confence CreationTim Dorecy created CU-SeeMe which alowwed people to talk over video on a computer. -
Yahoo was Created
Yahoo creationAnother one of the most used websites in the world, Yahoo, was created. -
Ebay is Created
Ebay CreationOriginaly a website for selling books, Ebay has now become one of the most popular online shopping centers where you can bid like your at an auction. -
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Google is Created
Google CreationOne of the most used websites in the world was made. Google was made to be a search engine. -
Netflix is Created
Netflix CreationThe worlds 1st choice for watching shows and movies right off of your computer, Netflix, was created. -
Facebook was made
Facebook CreationThe first website to make a big impact with social media was born. -
Youtube was Founded
Youtube CreationA website where people can upload, share, view, and like videos has become known worldwide. -
Twitter is created
Twitter Creaton The website where everyone says want they want to say with no more then 100 words. -
Instagram is created
Instagram CreationA place where you can like and upload pictures with as little as 3 clicks of a button.
