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Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) is created.
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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 (which eventually became TCP/IP) -
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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 hobbyists. -
Spam is Born
The first unsolicited commercial email message (later known as spam), was sent out to 600 California Apranet 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 1997, 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 the year before, along with the standards for HTML, HTTP, and URLs. -
First Web Page Created
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. -
The Creation of Amazon
Amazon is a website that millions of people use to buy everyday things.
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Dictionary.com is Created
Dictionary.com is a very useful site. It is an online dictionary that you can use to look up many words.
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The Creation of the Google
When Google first came out. Google is a search engine that is very useful, and is a part of everyday life. Source -
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Twitter was Released
Twitter is a popular social media website that many people use to express ideas, and information.
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Instagram is Released
Instagram, another popular social media page, is released. This would change social media and how we think of it forever.
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The Creation of Snapchat
Snapchat is a popular social media site, where people can send photos of themselves to other people.
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The Most Re-tweeted Tweet was Tweeted
At the 2014 Academy Awards, Ellen Degeneres took a picture with the goal of getting the most re-tweets. She succeeded, in the picture, there are huge Hollywood stars. Some include: Bradley Cooper, Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Lawrence, Brad Pitt, and Jared Leto.
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YouTube's Fastest to 1 Billion Views
Adele's "Hello" music video was the fastest YouTube video to reach 1 billion views. It eclipsed this mark in 87 days.
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