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Advanced Research project
President Dwight D. Eisenhower for the purpose of forming and executing research and development projects to expand the frontiers of technology and science -
What pioneer is responsible for packet-switching concept?
Donald Davies Independently invented and named the concept of packet-switching at the United Kingdom's National Physical Laboratory -
Wide-area Network
ARPANET launched the worlds first ever successful packet-switched wide area network. -
The First Virus
The first virus is known as "The Creeper Project". It was created by Bob Thomas -
Apple
Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services -
The First Personal Computer
IBM launched their first personal computer only a year after corporate executives gave the go-ahead to Bill Lowe -
The emoticon
Although it has been claimed that the first emoticon appeared in 1979, the first substantiated use of an emoticon came from American computer scientist Scott E. Fahlman -
The Internet
ARPANET adopted TCP/IP on January 1, 1983, and from there researchers began to assemble the “network of networks” that became the modern Internet -
The First Worm
The Morris Worm was a self-replicating computer program written by Robert Tappan Morris -
Introduction of the World Wide Web
Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist, invented the World Wide Web in 1989, while working at CERN. The Web was originally conceived and developed to meet the demand for automated information-sharing between scientists in universities and institutes around the world -
Michelangelo Virus
On March 6, 1992, a pre-internet era virus caused what was arguably the first ever public malware scare in history -
Mosaic Web Browser
One of the first Web Browsers invented and it popularized the World Wide Web and the general internet -
Amazon and eBay
eBay Inc is an American multinational e-commerce corporation based in San Jose, California, that facilitates consumer-to-consumer and business-to-consumer sales. (Founded in 1995) Amazon.com, Inc. is an American multinational technology company based in Seattle, Washington, which focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence -
Yahoo
Yahoo! is an American web services provider headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, and owned by Verizon Media -
When was Internet Explorer launched? By whom?
Internet explorer was launched by Microsoft and quickly became one of the most popular tools for accessing the internet -
The First Modem
The first modem ever invented was created by Brent Townshend. A 56K bit/sec modem was a groundbreaking invention back then as it allowed for data transfer or two computers at high speed -
AOL Instant Messanger
AIM was a staple of personal computers. Created as an extension of AOL's desktop software, the instant messaging client helped to revolutionize the way people interact online -
Google
Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, a search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware -
Apple Safari
Safari was created on January 7, 2003 and iTunes was created on January 9, 2001 -
First Mobile Virus
In June 2004, security researchers were sent copies of the first mobile virus, Cabir, a worm that infected the Symbian 60 OS. Written by members of an international group of virus writers, 29A, it was a proof-of-concept virus written in C++ using Symbian and Nokia's own SDK -
Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg Invented Facebook as a Harvard sophomore so that Harvard students could connect with one another -
YouTube
YouTube was launched by three men named Steve Chan, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim because they thought people would enjoy watching their "home videos" -
First iPhone
Apple released the first iPhone on January 9, 2007 -
Instagram & Pinterest
Pinterest began development in December 2009, While Instagram was launched in 2010. the creators had no clue that their platform would become a multi billion dollar app with 500million users -
Skype
Microsoft bought Skype communications for $8.5Billion USD
