Tech

History of the internet

By Mrs. Sullivan

  • Virtual Reality

    Virtual Reality
    Virtual experiences have the power to engage and inspire students in a unique and powerful way. Virtual reality technology was invented in 1957 by Morton Heilig. His multimedia device called the Sensorama is considered one of the earliest VR systems.

  • VR goggles for Education

    VR goggles for Education
    The the concept of VR dates back to the 50's, Bob Sproull created the the first instance of a VR device resembling what we know and use today,

  • Arpanet was Born

    Arpanet was Born
    On October 29, 1969, the baby version of the internet was born Arpanet was the first network to run on packet switching technology.

  • Email

    Email
    Electronic mail enables people to communicate/ exchange messages using electronic devices.

  • Modem

    Modem
    1977 was a big year for the development of the Internet as we know it today. It’s the year the first PC modem, developed by Dennis Hayes and Dale Heatherington, was introduced and initially sold to computer hobbyists.

  • SPAM

    SPAM
    Gary Thuerk sends spam in 1978, ah yes, the year that brought the first unsolicited commercial email message. Darn you Gary

  • Computer Games

    Computer Games
    1979: MUD – The earliest form of multiplayer games

  • CSNET

    CSNET
    In the early 1980s, NSF had several initiatives running to help spread the benefits of networking. One of these efforts was called CSNET, and it linked together several computer science departments across the country using TCP/IP.

  • Growth

    Growth
    By 1981, the network had grown to 213 machines.

  • The first emoticon!

    The first emoticon!

  • World Wide Web

    World Wide Web
    Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989

  • ISP's

    ISP's
    The first commercial ISP in the United States was The World, which launched in 1989. CompuServe, The Source, and the overwhelmingly popular America Online — AOL

  • Mosaic

    Mosaic
    Computer programmers Marc Andreessen and Jamie Zawinski developed the NCSA Mosaic web browser in 1993. It made it the first commercially-available internet browser

  • Internet Explorer

    Internet Explorer
    Microsoft released the first version of IE

  • CANN

    CANN
    CANN is the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. It is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Southern California that was formed in 1998 to help the U.S. government manage certain functions that maintain the Internet's core infrastructure

  • Instagram

    Instagram
    Instagram is an American photo and video sharing social networking service created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger