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USSR launched first satellite
The USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) launched the first earth satellite named Sputnik. -
First satellite orbited the earth.
Explorer 1 became first U.S. satellite to orbit the earth. -
First Microchip
Invented by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce. -
First computer game invented
The first computer game was called SpaceWar. SpaceWar and Frogger were the most popular games of the 60's. -
Nodes
People began to install nodes in several colleges. -
First online mesage was sent
The message was sent from UCLA to the Stanford Research Institute. -
Ray Tomlinson invents e-mail
Tomlinson invented the first e-mail program that he called SNDMSG. -
First Personal Computer
The Altair 8800 was introduced as a kit. -
Apple ll is launched
First mass-marketed personal computer. -
Computer Science
National Science Foundation developed computer science. -
PhoneNet system
Computer scientists built the PhoneNet system and established Internet connections between the PhoneNet system, the ARPANET, and the first network, Telenet. -
70 sites online
The Computer Science Research Network had more than 70 sites online -
Microsoft Windows 95
Microsoft takes technology from spyglass to make Windows 95. -
Java
Java, a programming language, is introduced -
Netscape
Netscape, the general name for a series of web browsers, started giving its browsers away for free. -
1 Billion Different Web Pages
The world wide web is estimated to go over 1 billion different web pages. -
Web 2.0
Web 2.0 begins. -
1 Trillion URLs
Google has over 1 trillion different urls.
