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ARPA is created.
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Two computers at MIT Lincoln Lab communicate with one another
they were using using packet-switching technology.
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Beranek and Newman, Inc. (BBN) unveils the final version of the Interface Message Processor (IMP) specifications
BBN wins ARPANET contract.
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computers at Stanford and UCLA connected for the first time
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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
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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. -
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 protocols finished The code for the World Wide Web was written by Tim Berners-Lee
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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. -
Yahoo! is created by Jerry Yang and David Filo
two electrical engineering graduate students at Stanford University. The site was originally called "Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web."
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Compuserve, America Online and Prodigy begin to provide Internet access
Amazon.com, Craigslist and eBay go live. The original NSFNET backbone is decommissioned as the Internet’s transformation to a commercial enterprise is largely completed.
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netflix is founded
founded by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph as a company that sends users DVDs by mail.
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PC makers can remove or hide Microsoft’s Internet software on new versions of Windows 95
this is thanks to a settlement with the Justice Department.
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The google search engine is born
It changed the way users engage with the Internet.
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AOL buys Netscape
Peer-to-peer file sharing becomes a reality as Napster arrives on the Internet, much to the displeasure of the music industry.
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A federal judge shuts down Napster
It ruled that it must find a way to stop users from sharing copyrighted material before it can go back online
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Facebook goes online
the era of social networking begins, Mozilla unveils the Mozilla Firefox browser.
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