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Advanced Research Projects Agency (AROA) is 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. -
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
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 Computer founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak
http://www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/timeline.aspThe first Apple computer was invented. This would be the start to a very successful company, Apple. -
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 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
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
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.com is created
Yahoo createdThe popular news website was created, It has now developed into a multi purpose website that most people use today. -
Ebay was created
Ebay created Pierre Omidyar a man living in San Jose invented Ebay for the purpose of buying and selling of goods online. Today Ebay is used nationwide, and has become a very popular marketplace. -
Google is founded
Google Created Google was founded in Menlo Park, California. Google is a search engine that is probably the most used one by most people on the internet. -
Wikipedia is created
Wikipedia created The popular wesbite used for the information that it has, Wikipedia, is launched. This website would become very popular to everyone, but is looked down upon because of its public editing style. -
Xbox was released
Xbox releasedBill Gates, the owner of the company Microsoft, lauches the gaming system Xbox. The xbox system is availible for anyone to buy. This gaming system would adventually become one of the most popular in the world. -
Facebook was launched
facebook createdThe soon to be most popular social netowkring site on the internet, Facebook, was launched. It was created by Mark Zuckerberg, a 20 year old at the time. Mark was a current student at University of Harvard. -
Youtube was created
Youtube createdYoutube, the most popular video watching website on the internet, was created. It would soon become known by everyone all over the world -
Twitter is launched
Twitter foundedTwitter was invented in San Francisco, California. This would soon become a very popular social netowrking site all over the world. -
4G networks are launched in the United States
4G was createdThis allowed for high speed internet connection on all devices such as phones, tablets, computers, or laptops.
