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Advanced Research Project 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,BBN (the company that created the 'interface message processor')computers used to connect to the network -
Email was devolped
Developed by RAy Tomlinson, who also made the decison to use the @ symbol to separate the username from the computer (which later became the domain name) -
The beginning of TCP/IP
A proposal was published to link 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 Haynes and Dale Heatherington, and was introduced and initially sold to computer hobbyists -
Spam is born
The first unsoliceted commercial email message (later known as spam) was sent out to 600 California Arpanet by Gary Thuerk -
MUD-the earliest form of multiplayer games was debuted
The precurser 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 elemets from role playing games, ineractive, 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 then the original -) proposed by Mckenzie -
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
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World Wide Web prorocols finished
d The code for the World Wide Web was written by Tim Berners-Lee, based on his
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First web page was created
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 -
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facebook was created
Facebook start date
One of the most well known social networks was created. upload pictures and events for your friend to see -
Youtube was created
Youtube start date
wesite were people upload and share videos on the internet ws created -
Twitter was created
Twiiter start date
Famous social network was created where you sent 'tweets' to update people on what you're doing. -
Tumblr was created
Tumblr start date Shareing pictures and posts on the internet with friends and followers -
Pinterest was created
Pinterest start date
Make boards and pin things that you like and share it with people on the internet -
Instagram was created
instagrams starting date
upload pictures for followers and friends to see on the instagram app or website -
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