Megan's History of the Internet Timeline.

  • Advanced Research Project Agency (ARPA) is created

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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 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

    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

    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
    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 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 prorocols finished

    World Wide Web prorocols finished
    d 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 was created

    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
  • Google was created

    Google was created
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    best known search engine was created
  • Wikipedia was created

    Wikipedia was created
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    Most known online information site was created
  • facebook was created

    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 was created
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    wesite were people upload and share videos on the internet ws created
  • Twitter was created

    Twitter was created
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    Famous social network was created where you sent 'tweets' to update people on what you're doing.
  • Tumblr was created

    Tumblr was created
    Tumblr start date Shareing pictures and posts on the internet with friends and followers
  • Pinterest was created

    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

    Instagram was created
    instagrams starting date
    upload pictures for followers and friends to see on the instagram app or website
  • Snapchat was created

    Snapchat was created
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    Send pictures and videos to friends
  • Vine was created

    Vine was created
    Vine start date upload short videos and share them with frienda and followers