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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 separate
the user name from the computer name (which later on became the domain name) -
The begining 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 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
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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. -
Amazon Inc. founded
AmazonfoundedAmazon was created by Jeffery P. Bezos and is known as the world's largest retailer. -
Craigslist was created
craighslistThe founder of Craigslist is Craig Newmark and created the world's most visited website. -
Ebay was created
Ebay createdFounded by Pierre Omidyar's in his San Jose living room with the purpose to be a market for goods and services. -
Nba.com was created
nba.comNba.com was created in October 22, in 1996 with the team names being different compared to the team names today. -
Nfl.com is born
nfl.comNfl.com showed all of the teams in all of their divisions but the divisions back then are not what they are like today. -
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Wikipedia was created
wikipediaWikipedia provides history, math, and languages to people all over the world researching these topics. -
Youtube was born
youtubebornYoutube was created on Feburary 14, 2015 by Steven Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim -
iFunny was created
ifunnyiFunny was created the users that use it by posting humerous pictures for people to like. -
