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Internet History
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ARPANET
A military computer network for sharing information over long distances named ARPANET was founded. ARPANET would play a significant role in influencing the creation of the internet.
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E-mail
The e-mail was born! Invented by Ray Tomlinson to connect with others.
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First ISP
The very first internet service provider (ISP) is born with the introduction of a commercial version of ARPANET, known as Telenet. The term "internet" was also created.
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Ethernet
The Ethernet port and adapter were developed by Robert Metcalfe -
Royalty Touches E-mail
Queen Elizabeth II hits the send button on her very first e-mail. -
Domain Name System
The Domain Name System (DNS) establishes the well known .edu, .gov, .com, .mil, .org, .net, and .int system for naming websites.
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.HTML
Tim Berners-Lee develops HyperText Markup Language (HTML). This continues to have a huge impact on how we view and navigate the internet today. -
Yahoo!
Yahoo was created by Jerry Yang and David Filo, two electrical engineering graduate students at Stanford University. -
E-mail Takeover
The internet officially delivered mail than the U.S. post office with 6.64M hosts. -
eCommerce
Amazon and eBay hit the internet to change the way we know commerce forever. -
Online Dating
The worlds first dating site goes live, named Match.com -
Netflix
Netflix is founded by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph as a company that sends users DVD's by mail. Soon to change the movie scene forever. -
Google
The Google search engine is born. Making it much easier for research to be conducted and to find wanted websites.
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Social Media
Facebook launches, sparking a brand new industry that would prove to be both a powerhouse for businesses and an extremely useful social platform for all. -
YouTube Launches
YouTube is officially launched. The platform looked to create a community of individuals that had a passion for making videos with little restriction as to what content they could produce. Since then, there has been more restrictions however YouTube is still the most prominent video content site that exists to this day.
