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1957
The USSR launches the first satellite, Sputnik. To compete against the USSR's success at launching the first satellite, the United States
Department of Defense creates the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA). ARPA is responsible for the development of new technology for use by the military. Citation: https://www.lrhsd.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=14411&dataid=33569&FileName=internettimelines.pdf -
1962
Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) is created- Found a way that computers can talk
to each other in case of nuclear attack. -
1963
The paper, A Conceptual Framework for the Augmentation of Man’s
Intellect is published by Douglas Engelbart. The work outlines multimedia paradigms to be integrated into the Internet. Citation: https://www.lrhsd.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=14411&dataid=33569&FileName=internettimelines.pdf -
1964
Rand Corporation proposes a new information network so that the United
States could successfully communicate after a nuclear war. Citation: https://www.lrhsd.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=14411&dataid=33569&FileName=internettimelines.pdf -
1969
The first host-to-host Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
(ARPANET) connection is made on October 25, 1969. ARPANET is the world's first operational packet switching network and the core network of a set that came to compose the global Internet. Citation: https://www.lrhsd.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=14411&dataid=33569&FileName=internettimelines.pdf -
1969
computers at Stanford and UCLA connected for the first time- The first hosts on
what would one day become the Internet. -
1970
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. -
1971
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) -
1972
ARPANET begins to be used for communicating email. Citation: https://www.lrhsd.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=14411&dataid=33569&FileName=internettimelines.pdf -
1973
The term “Internet” begins to be used. Citation: https://www.lrhsd.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=14411&dataid=33569&FileName=internettimelines.pdf -
1974
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). -
1974
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). -
1976
Comet, the first commercial email software, is offered by the Computer
Corporation of America for $40,000. Citation: https://www.lrhsd.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=14411&dataid=33569&FileName=internettimelines.pdf -
1977
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. -
1977
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. -
1978
Spam is born The first unsolicited commercial email message(later known as spam), was sent
out to 600 California Arpanet users by Gary Thuerk. -
1978
Spam is born The first unsolicited commercial email message(later known as spam), was sent
out to 600 California Arpanet users by Gary Thuerk. -
1979
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. -
1979
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. -
1982
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. -
1984
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. -
1990
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. -
1991
Stanford Linear Accelerator (SLAC) becomes the first web server on the
Internet. Citation: https://www.lrhsd.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=14411&dataid=33569&FileName=internettimelines.pdf -
1991
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. -
1992
Internet registration begins for .com, .net. .org, .edu, and .gov. Citation: https://www.lrhsd.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=14411&dataid=33569&FileName=internettimelines.pdf -
1993
The Internet takes off as part of the world’s fastest growing information
network. Citation: https://www.lrhsd.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=14411&dataid=33569&FileName=internettimelines.pdf
