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ARPA
Advance Research Project Agency 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
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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
Developed by Ray Tomlinson, who also made the decision to use the "@" symbol to separate the user name from he computer name(which later on became the domain name) -
The beginning of TCP/IP
A proposal was published to link Ara-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 was 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. MUDs were entirely text-based virtual worlds, combining elements of role-playing games, interactive,fiction, and online. -
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 first Virus
A virus called the Internet Worm temporarily shuts down about 10% of the world's Internet servers.factmonster -
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.Fact Monster -
NCSA
Mosaic is developed by Marc Andreeson at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. It becomes the dominant navigating system for the World Wide Web, which at this time accounts for merely 1% of all Internet traffic.Fact Monster -
White House's webpage
The White House launches its website,
Initial commerce sites are established and mass marketing campaigns are launched via email.Fact Monster -
Myspace is created
College student Shawn Fanning invents Napster, a computer application that allows users to swap music over the Internet.
The number of Internet users worldwide reaches 150 million by the beginning of 1999. More than 50% are from the United States. “E-commerce” becomes the new buzzword as Internet shopping rapidly spreads. -
Napster gets shut down
Napster is dealt a potentially fatal blow when the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco rules that the company is violating copyright laws and orders it to stop distributing copyrighted music. The file-swapping company says it is developing a subscription-based service.
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Online spending gets high
Online spending reaches a record high—$117 billion in 2004, a 26% increase over 2003.Fact Monster -
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WOW gets popular
The online game, World of Warcraft, hits a milestone when it surpasses 9 million subscribers worldwide in JulyFact Monster -
Microsoft wants to be like Google
In a move to challenge Google's dominance of search and advertising on the Internet, software giant Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion.Fact Monster -
People attempt to shutdown Wikipedia
A major protest online in January. The protest, including a 24-hour shutdown of the English-language Wikipedia site, is over two bills, the Stop Online Piracy Act in the House and the Protect IP Act in the Senate. The main goal of both bills is to stop illegal downloading and streaming of TV shows and movies online. The tech industry is concerned that the bills will give media companies too much power to shut down websites.Fact Monster
