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DARPA
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is an agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of emerging technologies for use by the military.DARPA-funded projects have provided significant technologies that influenced many non-military fields, such as computer networking and the basis for the modern Internet, and graphical user interfaces in information technology. https://www.darpa.mil/ -
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Internet History
The History of Internet from beginning to current -
ARPANET
ARPANET is proposed by J.C.R. Licklider. He has the idea of a "galactic network" of computers that could "talk" to one another. -
Connected computers
Lawrence G. Roberts and Thomas Merrill connect TX-2 in Massachussetes and to the Q-32 in California. -
Everything is a go
The first message is successfully sent through ARPANET. -
Mail Electronically
Ray Tomlinson working for BBN creates the first program devoted to emails. https://www.google.com/gmail/ -
Time for change
ARPA becomes DARPA. Name change adding defense because this was part of the military as well -
What are you guys gonna name it?
Kahn and Cerf to the system as Internet for the first time -
Creation of Ethernet
Ethernet is created by Dr. Robert M. Metcalfe. -
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T1 Lines are Made
MCI creates T1 lines to allow for faster transportation of information over the internet. -
ARPANET Signing Off
ARPANET goes bye bye due to renovation of the government -
Search Engine Created
The first search engine is launched "Archie" -
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Modern Internet
We now have YouTube, blue tooth, smart phones, and even smart watches. https://www.apple.com/
