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First link on ARPANET
The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET), was the world's first operational packet switching network and the core network of a set that came to compose the global Internet. The first ARPANET link was established between the University of California, Los Angeles and the Stanford Research Institute at 10:30pm -
First Email Programs Made.
First basic e-mail programs written by Ray Tomlinson for ARPANET: SNDMSG and READMAIL. "@" sign chosen for its "at" meaning. -
Founding of Apple Computers
Jobs and Steve Wozniak met in 1971, when their mutual friend, Bill Fernandez, introduced 21-year-old Wozniak to 16-year-old Jobs. In 1976, Wozniak invented the Apple I computer. Jobs, Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne founded Apple computer in the garage of Jobs's parents in order to sell it. -
ARPANET switches to TCP/IP
It is commonly known as TCP/IP from its most important protocols -
First Web Post
Tim Berners-Lee posted a short summary of the World Wide Web project on the alt.hypertext newsgroup. This date also marked the debut of the Web as a publicly available service on the Internet. -
Netscape creates secure shopping
Netscape 1.0 is introduced in late 1994 SSL encryption that made transactions secure. -
First Big Social Network
The first recognizable social network site launched in 1997. SixDegrees.com allowed users to create profiles, list their Friends and, beginning in 1998, surf the Friends lists.