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Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) is created
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
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 connect to the network) in 1970 was created. -
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) -
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. -
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 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. -
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. -
Yahoo was created
In 1994 Yahoo was created by Jerry Yang and David Filo. The website was first called "Jerry's guide to the World Wide Web" But was later renamed to Yahoo. -
Google was created
Google is now known as the larges search engines on the internet. It began as a resarch project by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. -
Addicting games was created
Addicting games, which is now known as the biggest gaming website in the world, was created by Ira Willey. -
Safari was created
Safari was a web browser made by apple. It was first announced by Steve Jobs in 2003. Safari has now become the default web browser for any Mac computer or laptop. -
Facebook was created
In 2004 Mark Zukerberg created a social network called facebook. Facebook soon became the most popular social network leaving previous social networks, like myspace, in the dust. -
FireFox was created
FireFox was created by Dave Hyatt and Blake Ross. Since then it has become one of the main web browsers and is one of the best too. -
YouTube was created
YouTube was created by three former paypal employees to allow people to upload their own videos or let companies use it to advertise. -
Reddit was created
Alex Ohanian and Steve Huffman created what is now known as one of the biggest websites ever made. Reddit is a huge image sharing site with several "SubReddits" the debate politics, the news, the economy, and even funny cat pictures -
Minecraft was created
Minecraft is a huge indie title where the entire world you play in is made out of blocks and no other shapes. It was created by Markus "Notch" Persson and Jens Bergensten.
