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The Invention of Arpanet
The government funded computer network ARPANET was installed in UCLA, the first computer network created. -
Network Control Protocol
The first ARPANET host-to-host protocol was created by the Network Working Group and was called the Network Control Protocol (NCP). -
The First Email
Ray Tomlinson wrote a program to allow people to send electroinc mail through ARPANET. -
Ethernet
Bob Metcalfe created Ethernet while working at Xerox PARC. -
The Invention of the PC
Harvard Students Paul Allen and Bill Gates put together one of the first personal computer kits under the company MITS. -
Microsoft
Bill Gates and Paul Allen start up the company Micro-soft -
Apple
Apple was founded by Steve Job, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne in Cupertino, CA. -
IBM's PC
IBM launched their first successful personal computer, the IBM 5150. -
The World Wide Web
Tim Berner-Lee created the World Wide Web which allowed users to use the Internet as a web of information, not just to send files. -
Web Browsers
Students of the University of Illinois created the first web browser and called it Mosaic, eventually developing into Netscape Naviagtor. -
Google
Google was founded by Larry page and Sergey Brin in California. -
Youtube
Youtube was started up by Chad Hurley, Steve Chan, and Jawed Karim. -
Cloud Computing
Google CEO Eric Schmidt reintroduced the term "cloud computing" in an industry conference. -
The Prism Program
The Prism Program is created by the NSA and used as a tool to collect private electronic data from major internet services. -
Instagram
The first Instagram post was posted by Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom.
