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First Programmable Computer is Created
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The Z1 was created by German Konrad Zuse in his parents' living room between 1936 and 1938. It is considered to be the first electro-mechanical binary programmable computer, and the first really functional modern computer. -
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. -
Computers at UCLA and Standford connected for 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 is 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
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
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. -
First Spam Email was Sent
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The first spam email was sent in 1978 over ARPNET by a guy named Gary Thuerk. He was selling computers. -
Earliest Form of Multiplayer Games Debut
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 Is 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. -
The GIF format is invented
https://www.buzzfeed.com/katienotopoulos/50-surprising-facts-about-the-internet?utm_term=.ktRkp044Y#.qaQa1oOOq
The GIF format was invented by Steve Wilke, an engineer at Compuserve in 1987. -
Code for World Wide Web Was Written
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 is Created
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. -
The term Surfing the Web Surfaces
https://fossbytes.com/10-interesting-facts-internet-really-need-know/ It originated in 1992, courtesy of a New York librarian whose name was Jean Armour Polly. Even now, the term is used quite often, but other words such as ‘browsing’ have also become a popular addition. -
First Ever Video on Youtube
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The first YouTube video was uploaded April 23, 2005. It's called "Me at the zoo," and features Jawed Karim, one of the founders, at the San Diego Zoo. -
First Tweet is Sent
The first tweet was sent on March 21, 2006 by Jack Dorsey -
First Generation iPhone is Released
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone Released on June 29, 2007, Apple released the iPhone 3G in upwards of eighty countries and territories. -
Instagram is Launched
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instagram Instagram is a mobile, desktop, and Internet-based photo-sharing application and service that allows users to share pictures and videos either publicly or privately. It was created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, and launched in October 2010 as a free mobile app exclusively for the iOS operating system. -
Snapchat is Created
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Snapchat Snap chat is conceived of by Stanford graduate students. Initial versions are launched and an initial user-base is obtained. -
Instagram Page Wordbastille is Created
Fan page for the British band known as Bastille is started by Joseph Chinosi.
