Mr. Rotindo's Internet timeline project

  • Advanced Research Projects agency

    Advanced Research Projects agency
    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, 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

    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
  • Microsoft was founded

    Microsoft was founded
    microsoft
    Microsoft has many different programs. Excel, word, powerpoint etc. These are websites where you can create different projects depending on the program
  • Apple Was first created

    Apple Was first created
    Apple In 1976 Apple was first created
  • The first Personal Computer Modem is Invented

    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.
  • MUD – The earliest form of multiplayer games was debuted

    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.
  • ESPN was created

    ESPN was created
    espn
    ESPN is a website where the public can catch up on sports, watch game highlights, and check scores
  • 1982- The first emoticon :-)

    1982- 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 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

    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

    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.
  • Facebook was founded

    Facebook was founded
    Facebook Facebook is a website where family and friends can share information, pictures, videos and more
  • Gmail was created

    Gmail was created
    gmail Is a mail application, made by google for email purposes
  • YouTube was first created

    YouTube was first created
    youtube In 2005 a website was first launched where users can both upload and watch other users videos
  • Creation of Tumblr

    Creation of Tumblr
    tumblr Tumblr is a site where users and the public can find quotes, images and gifs
  • Pinterest was created

    Pinterest was created
    pinterset This is a site where users, and the public can search any topic to find ideas, creations and more
  • Instagram was created

    Instagram was created
    instagram Instagram is an application where users can both share and view other users edited photos