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Jake Kozmor's History of the Internet Timeline

By JKozmor
  • Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) is created

    Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) is created
    Found a way that computers can talk to each other in case of
    nuclear attack.
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    Jake Kozmor's History of the Internet Timeline

    History of the Internet Timeline
  • Computers at Stanford and UCLA connected for the first time

    Computers at Stanford and UCLA connected for the first time
    The first hosts on what would one day
    become the Internet.
  • An Arpanet network was established

    An Arpanet network was established
    Network 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 first developed
    Developed by Ray Tomlinson, who also made the decision to use the "@" symbol to separate the user name from the computer name (which later on became the domain name).
  • The beginning of TCP/IP

    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).
  • The first Personal Computer Modem is Invented

    The first Personal Computer Modem is Invented
    The modem was invented by Dennis Hayes and Dale Heatherington, and was introduced and initially sold to computer hobbyists.
  • Spam is born

    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

    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 worlds, combining
    elements of role-playing games, interactive, fiction, and online chat.
  • The first emoticon :-)

    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 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 Internet users to type in an easy-to-remember domain name and then converted it to the IP address automatically.
  • World Wide Web protocols finished

    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 1991

    First web page created 1991
    It 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.
  • JavaScript Created

    JavaScript Created
    JavaScript JavaScript which is, an object-oriented computer programming language commonly used to create interactive effects within web browsers, is created.
  • Windows 95 releases

    Windows 95 releases
    Window's History This is the era of fax/modems, email, the new online world, and dazzling multimedia games and educational software. Windows 95 has built-in Internet support, dial-up networking, and new Plug and Play capabilities that make it easy to install hardware and software.
  • Dogpile

    Dogpile
    Dogpile comes out
    Dogpile is an online seach engine that uses other search engines to display the top results.
  • Google registers domain name

    Google registers domain name
    Google HistoryGoogle.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.
  • LinkedIn Launches

    LinkedIn Launches
    LinkedIn History
    First online socail media for bussinesses.
  • iTunes Launches

    iTunes Launches
    iTunes HistoryThe iTunes Store, originally the iTunes Music Store, is a software-based online digital media store operated by Apple Inc
  • YouTube Start

    YouTube Start
    YouTube About When YouTube launched.
  • Netflix goes online

    Netflix goes online
    Netflix HistoryNetflix offers online movie streaming.
  • App Store Launches

    App Store Launches
    App Store App store launches, an application where you can download other appilcations for your iPhone online.
  • Instagram Launches

    Instagram Launches
    Instagram HistoryThe most popular online photo sharing website.