Eric Schubert`s History of the Internet Timeline

  • The Internet is Envisioned

    The Internet is Envisioned
    Tesla Envisions the Internet</a>Nikola Tesla envisions a “world system” of wireless communications that could send telephone messages, news, music, and pictures to any part of the world.
  • First general computer created

    First general computer created
    <a href=http://www.ushistory.org/oddities/eniac.htm' >ENIAC, first general purpose computer</a> ENIAC, introduced in early 1946, was created by John Mauchly and J. Eckert, and it was the first large scale electronic general computer. But of course, it is completely different then the computers today.
  • 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 a 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 connect 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)
  • ARPANET Alternative Created

    ARPANET Alternative Created
    https://www.techopedia.com/definition/27855/cyclades' >CYLADES Computer System</a> In November 1973. CYCLADES, an ARPANET alternative, was created and tested in France.
  • 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)
  • First Personal Computer

    First Personal Computer
    <a href=http://www.pc-history.org/altair.htm' >First personal computer</a> The first personal computer is released to the public for sale.
  • Microsoft is Formed

    Microsoft is Formed
    <a href=http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/history#T1=era0' >Microsoft, a then small company, forms. </a> The now computer giant Microsoft is formed by Bill Gates and Paul Allen.
  • Apple, Inc. Created

    Apple, Inc. Created
    <a href=http://www.macworld.co.uk/feature/apple/history-of-apple-steve-jobs-mac-computer-1984-3606104/' >Apple, Inc. Created</a> The computer company Apple is created, then a small company.
  • 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- Earliest form of Multiplayer Games are created

    MUD- Earliest form of Multiplayer Games are created
    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
  • ARPANET Shutdown

    ARPANET Shutdown
    <a href=http://63052261.weebly.com/shutdown.html' >ARPANET shuts down</a> With technology advancing, ARPANET was becoming slow and outdated. In 1990, it formally shutdown. The founder later said " Connecting all computers was my goal, and it happened."
  • First web page created

    First web page created
    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.
  • Facebook Created

    Facebook Created
    <a href=http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2007/jul/25/media.newmedia' >Facebook Creation</a>Social media giant Facebook is created. Released in 2004, it was first called "The Facebook."
  • Instagram Released

    Instagram Released
    <a href=http://wersm.com/the-complete-history-of-instagram/' >Instagram, the social media site, is released to the public</a>The now popular photo sharing social media site Instagram is released to the public.
  • App Store Created

    App Store Created
    <a href=http://www.macworld.com/article/2043841/the-app-store-turns-five-a-look-back-and-forward.html' >Apple App Store</a> The Apple App Store is Created in 2007.