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Advanced Research Project Agency (ARPA) is created
Found a way that computers can talk to each other in case of nuclear attack. -
Computer at Stanford and UCLA connected for the first time
The first host on what would one day become the internet -
Email was first developed
Developed by Ray Tomlinson, who also made the decision to 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) -
Apple
Created by Steve Jobs, apple is one of today's biggest companies with a line of (overpriced) phones, (useless) personal computers, and consistent (awful and unnecessary) updates to their software and hardware.
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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 hobbyist -
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 called MUD (short for multi-user dungeon) 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, based on his proposal from the year before, along with standards for HTML, HTTP, and URLs -
First web page created in 1991
Bringing some major innovations to the world of the internet. The first web page was created and, and much like the first email explained what email was, its purpose was to explain what the World Wide Web was -
First search engine developed
"Archie Search Query" was the name of the first search engine on the world wide web, it worked by using keywords the user typed in and looking for data files and documents that match those keywords. Source: http://www.searchenginehistory.com/ -
Yahoo Mail
One of the more popular email services, yahoo is a service that allows you to email other people, look at daily news, and browse the internet.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo! -
The Development of Google
Google, which is one of today's most popular search engine and service, is integrated into about everything, they even have their own phone now. Many schools use google with its easy to use drive feature, where students and teachers can share files, submit work, and have every file they need at the tip of their fingers.
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The Deep Web
The deep web is the term coined by Mike Bergman who used it to describe the side of the internet we cannot see with normal search engines. In this, one could use a number of illegal services, products, and guides, such as purchasing illegal firearms, drugs, and much more with this granting total anonimity and being about the other 90% of the internet.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_web -
The Dawn of Instant Messaging
In the early 2000's, instant messaging services such as Aim, Xmpp, Facebook Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, Skype, and Icq started to become relevant. You can chat and talk with friends, share files, view hyperlinks, and more.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_messaging -
Myspace
The predecessor to Facebook, Myspace was used much like Facebook to share things with family and friends, but was instantly crushed upon Facebook's release due to the more efficient and smooth system that Facebook provided.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myspace -
Facebook is created
Facebook was launched on Febuary 4th, 2004 by CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The site allows friends and families to connect, talk to each other, share photos, and so on. -
Youtube is created
One of today's most popular websites, Youtube was founded in 2005 by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim. This site allows you to upload and share videos with friends and see the creativity of others. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube#Company_history -
Instagram
One of today's more popular social media sites, Instagram allows you to give (unnecessary) updates on your daily life like how your dogs or cats doing, what you did today, or what you ate for breakfast or dinner. (Do we really need to know what you ate for breakfast?)
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instagram
