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History of the Internet
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Galactic Network
Galactic Network was invented by Joseph Licklider. -
Conecting computers
Larry Roberts was the first to connect 2 computers together that shared files. -
Floppy Disc was invented.
The floppy disk drive was invented at IBM by Alan Shugart.
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1st words on the Internet
The first words on the Internet were sent in 1971 by Ray Tomlinson. The message ended up only containing two letters. LO
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/the-first-ever-email--the-first-tweet--and-12-other-famous-internet-firsts-181209886.html -
ARPANET
ARPANET was invented by Leonard Klinerock. ARPANET's popularity grow at rapid speeds during the 1970's . ARPANET was originally ARPA in 1958 then it later added NET to the end. ARPANET started with 4 nodes and also started packet switching. -
Apple Computers were born
Apple computer was invented by Steeve Jobs. Apple computers are now one of the most popular brands in the technology world. -
Other computers
During the 70's other computers besides apple started to pop upp such as XROX and IBM.
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E-mail
The first full email was sent in 1972. -
TCP/IP
Viton Cerf and Robert Kahn co-designed TCP/IP which stands for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol.
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Laptop was invented
The laptop was invented by Adam Osborne. Produced by the Osborne Computers company. It was called 'Osborne 1'. It cost $1,795 and came bundled with $1,500 worth of programmes.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/stoi/Who-invented-the-laptop-and-which-company-first-produced-it-commercially/articleshow/991598.cms -
1st Domain name
The First domain name was Symbolics.com. This is now cnsidered a historic site.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/the-first-ever-email--the-first-tweet--and-12-other-famous-internet-firsts-181209886.html -
World Wide Web
Tim Berners-Lee developed the Word Wide Web (WWW) in 1989. The web was popularized by the internet.
LAter in 1994, The W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) showed up and Tim served as a director for the project. -
Browsers
Sometime in the early 90's browsers were added to the internet world which allowed us to search for specific pages. The first browsers are now old, outdated, slow, adn many dont exist anymore. -
1st picture uploaded
The first picture was uploaded by Tim Berners-Lee on behalf of a comedy band "Les Horrible Cernettes"
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/the-first-ever-email--the-first-tweet--and-12-other-famous-internet-firsts-181209886.html
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1st Item Sold on AuctionWeb
The first item ever sold o AuctionWb (Now called ebay.com) was a broken lazer pointer that sold or $14.85.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/the-first-ever-email--the-first-tweet--and-12-other-famous-internet-firsts-181209886.html -
First Memeory of the Computer
Sometime in the year 2000 is the first time I remember using a computer. It was a desk top with dial up and we ( my cousin and myself) played a typing game that would read what we typed out loua. Only being 3 at the time I couldn't type a single word so we mostly typed single letters one after another and laughed the the computer read it back in a "alien" language. -
A Website Forgotten
Myspace is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. From 2005 until early 2008, Myspace was the most visited social networking site in the world. On April 19, 2008, Facebook overtook Myspace and Myspace's popularity has been dropping ever since.
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Youtube
My cousin was the first to snow me youtube. The first video we ever watched together was "Crazy Hampster Dance"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9aA_fba_To
This video now has over 5.8 million views since it was posted in 2007. -
I bought my first laptop
I purchesed my own personal laptop in 8th grade. It's a purple HP pavilion g series, 17'. -
Taking the plunge (Pun-intended)
I got my first appl product. And iphone 5c in blue. I no longer have that phone due to dropping it in the Wisconsin river.... Twice, in one day.
