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ARPAnet is started by Peter Kirstein in 1969.
The first “base” of the internet used for military purposes. -
Electronical Mail is Introduced by Ray Tomlinson.
Email is invented. -
Telenet is established
The first internet provider. -
Domain name system is developed.
The purpose of this is to name and categorize anything on the internet. -
The first internet virus - The Morris Worm
A virus named the Morris Internet Worm temporarily shuts down about 10% of the world’s internet servers. -
The first effort to index the internet is created by Peter Deustch.
Internet is indexed for the first time to organize the internet. -
Development of full text web search engines.
Search engines are developed to help us find what we need on the internet. -
Amazon.com is established for online retail.
Online retail is now possible through credit card use and internet. -
Hotmail is the first free web-based e-mail.
Free web based email is first established and is a big accomplishment for emails. -
Google Search is Established.
Google search is one of the widely used search engines in the world and is therefore important. -
Skype internet voice and video calls
First voice calls through the internet were available. -
Facebook social networking site
Facebook eventually became one of the biggest social networking sites, it also allows people to share videos, photos, add friends etc. It's predecessor was called facemash. -
Youtube video sharing
Video sharing through a website became available. It grew to one of the most commonly-used sites.
