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Unix
the operating system whose design heavily influenced that on Linuz and FreeBSD. -
connecting computers
computers at Stanford and UCLA connected for the first time. -
Arpanet Network
Arpanet network was established between Harvard, MIT, and BBN. -
Email
email was first developed by Ray Tomlinson, who also made the decision to use the @ symbol to separate the user name from the computer name. -
Project Gutenberf and eBooks
this project made it possible to access documents in the public domain available electronically. -
the first trans- Atlantic connection and the popularity of emailing
Arpanet made its first trans- atlantic connection. email accounted for 75% of all arpanet network activity. -
the beginning of TCP/IP
a proposal was published to link Arpa- like networks toegether into an inter- network, which would have no central control and would work around a transmission control protocol. -
the PC modem
PC modem, which was developed by Dennis Hayes and Dale Heatherington, was introduced and sold to computer hobbyists. -
The Bulletin Board System (BBS)
the first BBS was developed. -
Spam
unsolicited commercial email message (aka spam) was sent out to 600 California Arpanet users by Gary Thuerk. -
MUD
MUD (MultiUser Dungeon), which were entirely text- based virtual worlds, combining elements of role- playing games, interactive, fiction, and online chat. -
the first emoticon
Scott Fahlman propsed using " :-) " after a joke. -
Domain Name System (DNS)
the DNS was important in that it made adresses on the internet easy to remember, instead of using the old numerical IP adresses. -
First Major Malicious Internet- Based attack
"the morris worm", it was written by Robert Tappan Morris and caused major interruptions across large parts of the internet. -
The Proposal for the World Wide Web
written by Tim BernersLee the propsal for the world wide web, was published in the march issue of MacWorld. -
AOL
apple pulled out of the AppleLink program, the project was renamed and america online was born. -
first web page created
the first web page was created, its purpose was to explain what the world wide web was. -
the first webcam
the first webcam, which was developed at Cambridge University computer lab. -
governments on the web
the white house and the united nations came online, which began the beginning of .gov and .ord domain names. -
frist web- based service
the first webmail service, hotmail, was launched. -
first news story to be online.
the first major news story went online instead of being published in the mainstream of media. -
Google
google went live that year and changed the way people found information online. -
Wikipedia
wikipedia was one of the websites that paved the way for collective web content gereration/ social media. -
MySpace
myspace became the most popular social network at one time, sense then has been overtake by facebook. -
Skype
Skype was released, giving a user- friendly interface to Voice over IP calling. -
Facebook
facebook, at the time was launched to only college students, and was called "the facebook". -
youtube
youtube was launched, brining free online video hosting and sharing to the masses. -
Twitter
twitter was launched, -
Internet election
the first internet election took place in the U.S presidential election. it was the first year that national candidates took full advantage of the internet had to offer.
