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Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) 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 seperate 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 so-called "inter network", which would work around a transmission control protocol (which eventually became TCP/IP). -
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 (Www.) 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 pupose was to explain what the World Wide Web was. -
Amazon.com Was Created
Amazon.com Amazon.com is a website that allows you to buy numerious items for cheaper prices. Founded by Jeff Bezos. Headquarters is located in Seattle, Washington. -
Google Was Created
Google The Big Daddy of all websites, all websites bow down to their king, Google. Founded by Larry Page and Sergery Brin. Headquarters is located in Mountain View, California. -
Pandora Radio Was Created
Pandora Radio Pandora radio is a website that enables you to listen to music for hours on end of your favorite artists. Founded by Will Glaser, Jon Kraft, and Tim Westergren. Headquarters is located in Oakland, CA. As of July 2012 there were 54.9 million users. -
Wikipedia Was Created
Wikipedia A website used to save all students from failing life. Founded by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger. Over 77,000 active editors. -
Facebook Was Created
Facebook A website that is slowly going exstinct. Created by Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes. Headquarters is located in Menlo Park, California. -
Youtube Was Created
Youtube A website used to post or just watch video from various individuals from all over the globe. Founded by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. Headquarters is located in San Bruno, California. -
Etsy Was Created
Etsy Etsy allows you to create your own products and sell them to others online. Founded by Robert Kalin, Chris Maguire, Haim Schoppik, and Jared Tarbell. Headquarters is located in Brooklyn, NY. -
Twitter Was Created
Twitter A website made to connect with your favorite celebrities. Created by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Evan Williams, and Biz Stone. 200 million active users in February 2013. Hedquarters located in San Francisco, California. -
Goodreads Was Created
Goodreads A website for book readers to keep track of what they have read and what they plan to read. Founded by Otis Chandler in December of 2006. -
Tumblr Was Created
Tumblr First established in February of 2007. Founded by David Karp. Headquarters is in New York City. It has been recently bought by Yahoo! Inc. As of October 2013 there are 192 employees. -
Bing Was Created
Bing No one really cares about Bing, especially since it's competitor is Google, what where they thinking?! Created by Microsoft. Available in 40 languages. -
Pinterest Was Created
Pinterest A website made for moms' to stop trying to find their kids' tumblrs. Created by Paul Sciarra, Evan Sharp, and Ben Silbermann. Has 140+ employees.
