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