History of the Web from 1950 - Present

By rehlandr

  • Sputnik 1 Is Launched

    The USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) launched the first artificial earth satellite in 1957 that was named Sputnik 1.

  • Explorer 1 Is Launched

    Explorer 1 became first U.S. satellite to orbit the earth.

  • ARPA is formed

    ARPA (Advanced Research Project Agency) was a group formed by the government to research space and advance in technology.

  • Microchip

    The Microchip was introduced into the United States

  • The flashdive is invented

    Only news is on the web and the flashdrive is introduced

  • First Computer Game

    First computer game was created called SpaceWar

  • Foppy Disc

    Floppy disk is invented

  • First Nodes

    Nodes start to be installed into computers

  • First Message

    First message was sent from UCLA to the Stanford Research Institute

  • Radio Network

    The first radio network which makes use of random packet transmission, the Alohanet, is launched at the University of Hawaii.

  • Email

    Ray Tomlinson invents an email program.

  • First PC

    The first commercially available popular personal computer, the Altair 8800 is introduced as a kit.

  • Apple is Founded

    Apple Computer founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.

  • Apple PC is Launched

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

  • Computer Science

    The national science foundation developed computer science.

  • PhoneNet

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

  • Websites

    The Computer Science Research Network had more than 70 sites online

  • NSFNET

    NSFNET, a "backbone" to connect five supercomputer centers located all over the United States, allowed the establishment of regional networks around the country, making a brighter, more-connected future possible for more people.

  • Pentium Processor

    The Pentium processor is developed by Intel

  • WIndows 95

    Microsoft takes technology from spyglass to make Windows 95

  • Java

    Java (programming language) is introduced

  • Netscape

    Netscape (general name for a series of web browsers) announces plans to give its browser away for free

  • Linux Kernel

    Linux Kernel 2.2.0 released. The number of people running Linux is estimated at over 10 million, making it not only an important operating system in the Unix world, but an increasingly important one in the PC world.

  • Web Size

    The size of the world wide web is estimated to exceed 1 billion pages.
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    Social Media

    2001-Wikipedia was launched
    2003- Myspace was launched
    2004- Facebook was launched
    2005- YouTube launches
    2006- Twitter was created
    2007- Tumblr was found

  • Wikipedia

    Wikipedia is launched

  • Web 2.0

    Web 2.0 begins

  • Myspace

    Myspace is launced

  • Facebook

    Facebook was launched

  • Twitter

    Twitter launches

  • Youtube

    YouTube launches

  • Tumblr

    Tumblr was found

  • Instagram

    Instagram was discovered

  • Google Urls

    Google has found over 1 trillion unique urls