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ARPA Was Created
Found a way that computers can talk to each other in case of nuclear attack. -
Computers at Stanford and UCLA Connected for the First Time
The first hosts on what would one day become the Internet. -
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
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
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 Born
Apple is one of the best technology companies out their today and make the best computers. They where also one of the first companies to create personal computers for people. (https://www.google.com/search?q=when+was+google+born&rlz=1C1CHXU_enUS761US761&oq=When+was+google+&aqs=chrome.2.0j69i57j0l4.7424j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) -
Apples First Personal Computer
Apples first personal computer was called the Apple I and it came as a kit computer; therefore, you had to supply the keyboard and power supply. (http://lowendmac.com/2014/personal-computer-history-the-first-25-years/) -
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
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 worlds, combining 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 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 Completed
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
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. -
Amazon Was Born
Amazon is a place where people can go on their website, search for items they need, and buy them. Amazon first started selling books but now they sell literally anything. (https://www.google.com/search?q=when+was+google+born&rlz=1C1CHXU_enUS761US761&oq=When+was+google+&aqs=chrome.2.0j69i57j0l4.7424j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) -
PlayStation Was Created
Was the first of the ubiquitous PlayStation series of console and hand-held game devices. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation) -
Google Was Born
When this was born people could use Google's search engine to search for things. (https://www.google.com/search?q=when+was+google+born&rlz=1C1CHXU_enUS761US761&oq=When+was+google+&aqs=chrome.2.0j69i57j0l4.7424j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) -
The First 2K Game Was Released
These games are a series of basketball games where you can play with your favorite teams and players. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3Gf4xrvZFI) -
Call Of Duty was Created
The Call of Duty franchise is a first person shooter game that you could play on any console. The first one was based in World War II. (https://www.giantbomb.com/call-of-duty/3025-82/) -
YouTube Was Born
YouTube allows people to create their own content such as videos or people can watch videos other people create. One of the best places to go for entertainment. (https://www.google.com/search?q=when+was+google+born&rlz=1C1CHXU_enUS761US761&oq=When+was+google+&aqs=chrome.2.0j69i57j0l4.7424j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) -
The IPhone Was Created
The IPhone is a portable device where you could call or text anybody. It was also touch screen and you could access the internet off of it. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_iPhone) -
Instagram Was Born
Instagram is a social app that people go on to share their personal pictures and videos with their friends. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Systrom)
