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Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) is created
Discovered a way that computers can talk to each other in case of Nuclear attack -
Computers connected for the first time at Stanford and UCLA
The first hosts of the internet -
Arpanet network established
network between Harvard, MIT, and BBN was created -
Email was developed
Developed by Ray Tomlinson who also made the "@" which separates the username from the computer name -
The start of TCP/IP
links Apra-like networks together into an "inter-network" -
First Personal Computer Modem
Dennis Hayes and Dale Heatherington were the inventors and the personal computers were sold to computer hobbyist -
The start of spam
first unsolicited commercial email was sent to 600 Arpanet users -
MUD
First form of multiplayer games. -
The first emoticon
Scott Fahlman made the emoticon :-) in 1982 -
Domain name system created
The domain name system makes it easier for humans to find web sites by changing the long and complicated IP address to an easy to remember adress -
World Wide Web protocols finished
World Wide Web code was written by Tim Berners-Lee -
First Web page
The web page was created to explain what the World Wide Web is
