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history of the Internet
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USSR launches Sputnik, first artificial earth satellite. In response, US forms the Advanced Research Projects Agency the following year, within the Department of Defense (DoD) to establish US lead in science and technology applicable to the military.
USSR launches Sputnik, first artificial earth satellite. In response, US forms the Advanced Research Projects Agency the following year, within the Department of Defense (DoD) to establish US lead in science and technology applicable to the military. -
Bolt Beranek and Newman, Inc. (BBN) awarded Packet Switch contract to build Interface Message Processors (IMPs) in January
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Email
1971 email was developed by Ray Tomlinson made decision to use the “@” symbol -
Ray Tomlinson
. First basic e-mail programs written by Ray Tomlinson -
Connections
. First international connections to University College of London (England) and (Norway). -
world wide web
. Tim Berners-Lee writes program called "Enquire Within," dedicated to the World Wide Web. -
PC
. IBM announces its first Personal Computer. Microsoft creates DOS. -
Internet
10,000 hosts on the internet and 25 million PCs sold in the US -
World Wide Web
. ARPAnet ends. Tim Berners-Lee creates the World Wide Web and opens it to the public -
Amazon&Java
Jeff Bezos writes the business plan for the mailing company Amazon.
. Java's first public demonstration of the internet improvements. -
Windows
Windows 95 released to the public -
Wikipedia
Wikipedia is launched one of the websites that paves the way for collective web content generation/social media. -
MySpace
Myspace opens up .it later grew to be the most popular social network at one time. -
IPhone
The biggest innovation of 2007 was the iPhone which was responsible for renewed interest in the mobile web applications and design.
