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ARPANET is created
The ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency) goes online in December, connecting four major U.S. universities. The Internet was designed for research, education, and government organizations, it provides a communications network linking the country in the event that a military attack destroys conventional communications systems called ARPANET -
The @ is first used
Electronic mail is introduced by Ray Tomlinson, a Cambridge, Massachusetts computer scientist. He uses the @ to distinguish between the sender's name and network name in the email address. -
The FileTransfer Protocol allows to download files
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is designed and in 1983 it becomes the standard for communicating between computers over the Internet. One of these protocols, FTP (File Transfer Protocol), allows users to log onto a remote computer, list the files on that computer, and download files from that computer. -
The terms com, .org, and .edu. are used
Domain Name System (DNS) is established, with network addresses identified by extensions such as .com, .org, and .edu.
Writer William Gibson coins the term “cyberspace.” -
Internet Worm attacks computer
A virus called the Internet Worm temporarily shuts down about 10% of the world's Internet servers. -
World Wid Web is introduced
The World Wide Web was officially introduced to the world on August 6, 1991 by Sir Tim Berners-Lee. Here are some Web history highlights as originally referenced from the BBC. -
Internet usagers increases
Approximately 45 million people are using the Internet, with roughly 30 million of those in North America (United States and Canada), 9 million in Europe, and 6 million in Asia/Pacific (Australia, Japan, etc.). 43.2 million (44%) U.S. households own a personal computer, and 14 million of them are online. -
Google was created
Google.com is registered as a domain on September 15. The name—a play on the word "googol," a mathematical term for the number represented by the numeral 1 followed by 100 zeros—reflects Larry and Sergey's mission to organize a seemingly infinite amount of information on the web. -
Myspace is launched
Google opens its first office, in California. “E-commerce” becomes the new buzzword as Internet shopping rapidly spreads. MySpace.com is launched. -
Wikipedia is created
Napster is dealt a potentially fatal blow when the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco rules that the company is violating copyright laws and orders it to stop distributing copyrighted music. The file-swapping company says it is developing a subscription-based service.
About 9.8 billion electronic messages are sent daily. Wikipedia is created. -
Spam are sent to many people
2003 Spam, unsolicited email, becomes a server-clogging menace. It accounts for about half of all emails.
Apple Computer introduces Apple iTunes Music Store, which allows people to download songs for 99 cents each. -
Mark Zuckerberg launches Facebook
Mr Zuckerberg launched "The facebook", as it was originally known; the name taken from the sheets of paper distributed to freshmen, profiling students and staff. Within 24 hours, 1,200 Harvard students had signed up, and after one month, over half of the undergraduate population had a profile. -
Youtube is created
YouTube.com is launched. -
Twitter is created
In February 2006, Glass and Dorsey (along with developer Florian Weber) presented the project to the company. The project, initially called Twttr (named by Noah Glass), was "a system where you could send a text to one number and it would be broadcasted out to all your desired contacts". -
Facebook users increases
Facebook site's features have continued to develop during 2007. Users can now give gifts to friends, post free classified advertisements and even develop their own applications - graffiti and Scrabble are particularly popular.
This month the company announced that the number of registered users had reached 30 million, making it the largest social-networking site with an education focus. -
Whatsapp created
WhatsApp Inc. was founded in 2009 by American Brian Acton and Ukrainian Jan Koum (also the CEO), both former employees of Yahoo!, and is based in Santa Clara, California.
