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Advanced Research Projects Ajency (ARPA) is created
ARPA was created as a way for computers to talk to each other in case of a nuclear attack -
Computers at Stanford and UCLA connected for the first time
UCLA and Stanford were the first hosts on what would one day become the Internet. -
An Arpanet network was established
Network was established between Harvard, MIT, and BBn (the company that created the "interface message processor" computers used to connect to the network) in 1970 was created. -
Email was first developed
Email was developed by Ray Tomlinson, who also made the decision to use the "@" symbol to seperate the user name from the computer name (which later became known as the domain name -
The beginning of TCP/IP
A proposal was published to link Arpa-like networks together into a so-called "inter-network", which would have no central control and would work around a transmission control protocol (which eventually became TCP/IP) -
Apple was created
Apple Inc. (commonly known as Apple) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services. -
The first Personal Computer Modem is Invented
The modem was invited by Dennis Hayes and Dale Heatherington, and was introducued and initially sold to computer hobbyists. -
Spam is born
The first unsolicited commercial email message (later known as spam), was sent out to 600 California Arpanet users by Gary Thuerk -
MUD- The earliest form of multiplayer games was debuted
The precursor to World of Warcraft and Second Life was developed in 1979, and was called MUD (short for MultiUser Dungeon), MUDs were entirely text-based virtual words, combining the elements of role playing games, interactive, fiction, and online chat. -
The first emoticon :-)
The first emoticon was used while many people credit Kevin MacKenzie with the invention of the emoticon in 1979, it was Scott Fahlman in 1982 who proposed using :-) after a joke, rather than the original -) proposed by MacKenzie -
The domain name system was created
The first Domain Name Servers (DNS) was created. The domain name system was important in that it made addresses on the Internet more human-friendly compared to its numerical IP address counterparts. DNS servers allowed Internt users to type in an easy-to-remember domain name and then converted it to the IP address automatically. -
Dell was created
Dell is an American privately owned multinational computer technology company. They provide people with computers for all Internet related needs. -
World Wide Web protocols finished
The code for the World Wide Web was written by Tim Berners-Lee, based on his proposal from the year before, along with the standards for HTML, HTTP, and URLs. -
First web page created
Brought some major innovations to the world of the Internet. The first web page was created and, much like the first email explained what email was, its purpose was to explain what the World Wide Web was. -
Yahoo was created
Yahoo is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. It is globally known for its Web portal, search engine Yahoo! This search engines like all the others provides access to the Internet. -
Google was created
Google Inc. is an American multinational technology company specializing in Internet-related services and products. These include online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, and software. -
Facebook was created
Facebook is an online social networking service headquartered in Menlo Park, California. Its website was launched on February 4, 2004, by Mark Zuckerberg with his Harvard College roommates and fellow students Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes.This became very popular and was on network platforms all over the Internet. -
Youtube was created
Youtube is a video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States. This has become a popular way to share videos and provide information and entertainment all over the internet. -
Google chrome came out
Google Chrome is a freeware web browser developed by Google.They provide easy access to search on the Internet. -
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Ask.fm
[Ask.fm](http:///en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ask.fm) is a global social networking site accesable through the Internet where users create profiles and can send each other questions, with the option of doing so anonymously. -
Instagram was created
Instagram is an online mobile photo-sharing, video-sharing and social networking service that enables its users to take pictures and videos, and share them on a variety of social networking platforms all over the Internet -
Microsoft Publisher was created
Microsoft Publisher is an entry-level desktop publishing application from Microsoft. It helps transfer information from the internet into organized notes and documents.
