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Arpanet
Arpanet was created -
Network Email
Ray Tomlinson introduces network email. -
Global Networking and the Internet
Global Networking becomes real when people from England and Norway both connect to Arpanet. The term Internet is created. -
TCP design
"A protocol for packet network interconnection" is published, detailing the design of TCP -
USENET
USENET is created -
TCP/IP
TCP/IP become the protocol for Arpanet and standard protocol for the Internet. The protocol being an official procedure/system of rules -
DNS
The Domain Name System establishes the .com/.org etc. system of naming websites. This makes it easier than remembering the previous names -
Symbolics.com
Symbolics.com becomes the first registered domain name -
World.std.com
World.std.com becomes the first commercial provider of dial up internet access -
CERN/HTML
Tim Berners-Lee (CERN) develops Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML). -
World Wide Web
CERN introduces the World Wide Web to the public -
Gopher
The gopher protocol is released but quickly declines in popularity due to the release of the World Wide Web -
Video/Audio
Video and Audio are shared over the internet for the first time ever. The term "Surfing the internet" becomes popular -
Numbers
The number of websites reaches around 600. The number of computers connected to NSFNET go from 2,000 (1985) to around 2 million in 1993 -
Windows
Microsoft creates a web browser for Windows 95 -
Yahoo
Yahoo! is created -
Match.com
The first ever dating site, Match.com, is created -
Viral Video
A 3D animation called The Dancing Baby becomes one of the first viral videos -
Google
The google search engine is created -
Facebook
Facebook goes online, beginning the era of social networking -
YouTube
YouTube.com is released as well as Reddit -
Twitter
Twitter launches and the first tweet is sent -
The Internets Birthday
The internet has its 40th anniversary -
Social Media
Social Media websites Pintrist and Instagram are released
