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Advanced Research Projects Agency is Created (ARPA)
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
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An ARPA 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 (which eventually became TCP/IP) -
Apple is Founded
Apple was founded by Steve Jobs, Ronald Wayne, and Steve Wozniak. It is a major developer and seller of phones and other technology.
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The first 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 was sent out to 600 California Arpanet users by Gary Thuerk. -
MUD-the earliest form of multiplayer games were debuted
The precursor to World of Warcraft and Second Life was developed in 1979, and was called MUD, Multi User Dungeon. MUDS were entirely text based virtual worlds, combining elements of role-playing games, interactive, fiction, and online chat. -
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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 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
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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
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First Web Page Created
brought some major innovations to the world of the Internet. The first web page was created
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eBay is Founded
A site, now a multi-billion dollar business, where one can buy, sell or bid on items is born.
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Google is Born
One of the most populat and well known search engines is created in California to help people search for web pages on the internet.
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Paypal is Founded
A well-known money payment site is founded as an alternative to paying in cash or check.
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Youtube is Created
Youtube, a popular video streaming and video uploading/sharing site, was born.
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Instagram was Launched
One of the poplular photo sharing, editing, and social media sites was founded.
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