History of the Web

By kohljose

  • Sputnik

    Sputnik
    The USSR launched the first artifial earth satellite in 1957

  • First Satellite

    First Satellite
    Explorer 1 became the first U.S. Satellite to orbit the Earth

  • Microchip

    Microchip
    The microchip was invented in 1958

  • First computer game

    First computer game
    Spacewar was the first computer game ever created

  • Floppy disk

    Floppy disk
    The floppy disk was invented

  • First message sent

    First message sent
    The first message was sent from UCLA to Stanford

  • Email

    Email
    Ray Tomlinson invents an email program

  • Apple

    Apple
    Apple is founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak

  • Apple computer

    Apple computer
    The first mass-marketed personal computer, the Apple II, is launched

  • NSF

    NSF
    The National Science Foundation developed computer science

  • CSRN

    CSRN
    The Computer Science Research Network had more than 70 sites online

  • PhoneNet

    PhoneNet
    Computer scientists built the PhoneNet system and established Internet connections between the PhoneNet system, the ARPANET, and the first network, Telenet.

  • Processor

    Processor
    The pentium processor is developed by Intel

  • Microsoft

    Microsoft takes technology from spyglass to makes Windows 95

  • Java

    Java
    Java (programming language is introduced

  • Social media

    Social media
    Several social media sites including Facebook, Youtube, and Twitter have been formed from 2001-2007

  • Web 2.0

    Web 2.0
    Web 2.0 is introduced and popularized in 2004

  • Google

    Google
    Google has found over 1 trillion unique urls