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history of the internet

  • A computer bug was found

    A computer bug was found
    This is the first computer bug that was found and this was no ordinary bug . It was a real-life moth that was causing the issues with the computer’s hardware that's crazy to believe that a moth can do so much damage to a computer .
  • one of the most important innovations of the internet: emails

    one of the most important innovations of the internet: emails
    While people dont use email as often as they do anymore back in the past it was common for everyone to have one it was easy to use after you got the hang of it, you could get messages reallllyyyyyyyyy fast unlike writing letters and the most important thing that it was FREE meaning that money wasn't a problem and after people started using email they could subscribe to news articles, websites, and more.
  • the internet become popular

    the internet become popular
    is was around the 1990s that the internet started to really become the next big thing. before the 1990s some people had a family computer that they used but after the 1990s it was common for every household in America to have some type of computer.
  • Aaaarrrrgggghhhh! the life of being a Pirate

    Aaaarrrrgggghhhh! the life  of being a Pirate
    pirating is something that honestly most people do, I did it when I wanted to watch anime while it is a bad thing for most of the time you can get away with it and most people really don't wanna pay for a subscription to Netflix, Spotify etc but because people do this the company does lose money which is a bad thing for the company but not for the average person who wants to save up there money.
  • Archie

    Archie
    this was a search engine mainly used by journalists and the owner of this search engine was Alan Emtage who was born in Canada and was studying at McGill University in Montreal. While his search engine did not look good what so ever it did have important feature such as customizing your search.
  • the internet archive was made

    the internet archive was made
    its purpose was to store all of the websites that humans had made because if the internet went down or something else went wrong humans could still have websites that have important information such as how to tie a tie or how to train your dragon. Because if we didn't have these websites anymore we had have a hard time doing these things that we take for granted of knowing.
  • the search engine google was made

    the search engine google was made
    this is the engine that most people use it has one billion active users per month and has 2.5 trillion searches per year worldwide. Google is also the most searched website . google also has 92 percent of all market shares in the search engine area. google also has 8.5 billion searches per day thats crazy.
  • Netflix became the next big thing

    Netflix became the next big thing
    While Netflix did release in 1999 as a dvd rental company it soon began offering a option to stream some of its movie and tv shows in 2007 this was a big deal because you were getting a good deal as you were paying each month money to Netflix but you got so many tv and movie shows to choose from and plus the price was like 10 dollars a month which is very cheap comparing it to getting only one dvd for ten dollars and because of this Netflix became the dominate streaming platform.
  • Tor was made

    Tor was made
    Tor is a dark web web browser it is mainly used for doing illegal things and because of this some countries have even banned it from using it. With tor bad people can get away with ease because tor actually hides your IP address from that website making it impossible for that website to locate you in any way.
  • Meta was made

    Meta was made
    Meta is a company made by a lizard man or as people also know him as Mark Zuckerberg he is the one who made Facebook a vey old website that only old people use but in the past it was very popular and you could find everyone on it even including your cat. However because Facebook was an add supported website that means that Facebook wanted to know everything about you and obviously people found this weird and switched over to Instagram but Facebook also bought Insta for 1billion dollars in 2012.
  • YouTube was made

    YouTube was made
    it is an online video sharing platform and it has 2.3 billion users worldwide also 80 of the people who use the internet have a YouTube account. It is the second biggest search engine other then google. Everyday people watched 1 billion hours of YouTube and over all youtube has a big impact on our life.
  • twitter was made

    twitter was made
    the people who made twitter are Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone, Evan Williams ,Noah Glass. This social media website was very popular back in the day but not so much now. twitter had 221 million users active in the third quarter of 2021. most people find twitter dead as there are now other social media companies out there that teenagers mostly use.
  • Memes

    Memes
    A meme is a image or vied that brings you happiness. while memes have been around since the 1960s as images that you can see on newspapers, Memes only got really popular with the 2000s as a popular subreddit called r/memes was made which made it easier for people to get memes.
  • SCAMS

    SCAMS
    Scams on websites were also important factors of the history of the internet as some very old people could fall for them and they could lose of all of there money they worked so hard to earn . These Scams were mostly likely like your flash player needs to be updated or an ad pop up telling you that your PC is broken.
  • Vine was made

    Vine was made
    Back in the old age vine was a social media app it had short like REALLLY short videos that you could watch or you could also make them after a while this app become really popular and everyone was using it even your teachers would have it but after five years or so it died. Now Tik Tok is the new thing and most people would say that Tik Tok is better then vine.
  • Audio books become more popular

    Audio books become more popular
    Audio books are also an important part of history of the internet as some people have a hard time reading and find that listing to an audiobook is easier to do so but some people also listen to audiobooks because they might not have the time to sit down and read so instead they listen to an audiobook while driving a car or on a bus. Without the internet audiobooks would not have been a major thing as most people use the internet and find it to be easily accessible.
  • Cancel culture

    Cancel culture
    Cancel Culture is When people on a social media website start to talk negatively about somebody because of there past mistakes. some say that cancel culture is bad because people can learn from there mistakes but some say that is is good because it can bring up topics that should be more talked about.
  • Food delivery websites such as Uber eats, skip the dishes and door-dash were made

    Food delivery websites such as Uber eats, skip the dishes and door-dash were made
    This played an important part and still plays an important part of the internet because most people don't wanna go outside because of COVID but they still want to get there favourite foods they love this is were food delivery websites come in as they are usually cheap and you can have your order really fast. Most people who don't want to cock anything can also use these websites to make they're life much more easier to live and people who don't have the time to cock can also use these websites.
  • DUMB VIDEOS

    DUMB VIDEOS
    On YouTube you can find a lot of dumb videos like telling you that if you put your phone in water with a charger you can get free wifi go to this video as an example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWvWxfUvsUU . Also another video telling me that if I jump off a cliff I can 100 percent live. YouTube should really do something about these videos as people who are little kids or old people might not know if this is true or not
  • False information

    False information
    This is also important for the history of the internet as now more then ever people are now can get false information about things more easily such as people thinking that bill Gates is implanting computer chips inside of you via the covid 19 vaccine as crazy as this sounds people think that this is real. The spread of misinformation of covid has been blowing up because of the web, while this is sad to hear people need to read the news and not believe everything they read on Facebook.