History Of The Internet

By newtonp725

  • First Personal Computer Modem Connected

    Ray Tomlinson sent the world's first email, a message passed from one computer to another placed directly beside it.

  • Arpanet Turns On

    the first ARPANET message was sent from a computer at UCLA to one located at Stanford University—well, part of a message, anyway.

  • First Spam Sent

    Now, around 89 billion spam emails are sent daily.

  • Arpanet switches to Tcp/Ip

    ARPANET computers had been using NCP (Network Control Protocol) to communicate with each other.

  • The First Social Network

    Six Degrees is widely considered to be the first social media platform.

  • Hotmail First ignited

    You all have an email icon on your keyboard, right?

  • Wikipedia launched

    Wikipedia, one of the most widely used online encyclopedias

  • Twitter Launched

    Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey made the first tweet on March 21, 2006, when the site was still known as Twttr