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Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) is created
Found a way that computers can talk to each other in case of
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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 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). -
IBM 5100, the first portable computer was released
The IBM 5100 was the worlds first portable computer with 64kb of RAM and it weighed 55 pounds! -
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. -
Elk Cloner, the first computer virus
Elk Cloner , created by Rich Skrenta, is the first computer virus and was created as a prank. -
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 -
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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. -
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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. -
Amazon was founded
Amazon , headquatered in Seattle, Washington, was found and will eventually become a site where you can buy products. -
Google was released
Google , the most used search engine of all time, was officially out into the public. -
Microsoft Word 2003 was released
Considered the most used microsoft word version of all time, Microsoft Word 2003 has everyone of its features neatly in tabs and made them very easy to use. -
Half Life 2 was released
The long awaited sequel of the original Half Life, Half Life 2 was released and is considered one the best First Person Shooters of all time. -
"Me at the Zoo", the first Youtube video in history hit the web
Jawed Karim uploaded the first ever youtube video on Youtube. He is one of the co-founders of the site and was an 18 second video. -
Minecraft was released
Minecraft , one of the best selling pc games to date, was created by Markus "Notch" Persson.
