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Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) is created
Found a way 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, and BBN (the company that created the 'interface message processor' computers used to conect to the network) in 1970 was created. -
Email was First Developed
Developed by Ray Thompson, who also made the decision to use the '@' symbol to separate the user name from the computer name (which later on became the domian 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). -
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. -
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
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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, based on his proposal from the year before, along with the standards for HTML, HTTP, and URLs. -
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.com is created
Amazon.comAmazon.com started only selling books. This would eventually change as they began selling evrything by using the internet. They would eventually become the number 1 online retail store. -
Ebay is Created
eBayEbay was one of the first websites to make it possible to buy and sell prodcts on the internet. -
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Facebook is Created
FacebookFacebook was a huge success on the internet because it allowed you to connect with your friends. -
Youtube is Created
YoutubeYoutube allowed people to share videos all over the world using the internet. -
The Xbox 360 is Realeased
XboxThe Xbox 360 allowed a lot of people to play multiplayer together on various games using the internet. -
Twitter is Created
TwitterTwitter allowed users to post short updates about things happining in real life by using the internet -
Instagram is Created
InstagramInstagram allowed people to share photos with their friends and family. -
The App Vine is Created
VineVine revolutionalized the video making world by allowing users to make a video in only 6 seconds. This was made possible because of the internet.
