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The First Satellite
The Soviet Union sent the first satellite called Sputnik. It intensified the tensions in the Cold War. It was designed to reveal information about the density of the upper atmosphere. -
ARPA was created
The Advanced Research Project Agency was created in response to the launch of Sputnik. Its initial purpose was to link computers at the Pentagon-funded institutions. -
The creation of ARPANET
Project ARPA was changed to ARPANET. They developed new nets and links, which gave place to IP/TCP protocol. -
The IMP network grows
The IMP network grew from 4 nodes to 15 nodes. -
Email was invented
Ray Tomlision developed email and used the @ to separate the username from the computer name. He was a contractor for ARPANET. -
The First Trans-Atlantic connection
ARPANET made its first trans-Atlantic connection with the University of London. -
Email Advancements.
With the popularity of emailing, John Vittal developed the first program which added the "Reply" and "Forward" functionality. -
The PC modem
Dennis Hayes developed the first PC modem, and they initially sold it to computer hobbyists. -
The First Spam email.
This was the year of the first unsolicited commercial message. It was sent out to 600 ARPANET users by Gary Thuerk. -
The first Multiplayer game
They were called MUD's (Multi User Dungeon). They were entirely text based virtual worlds. -
The first emoticon
Scott Fahlman proposed using the emoticon after a joke. -
First web page created
The first web page was created. Its purpose was to explain what the World Wide Web was. -
First web-based service.
HoTMaiL was the first web-mail service -
Google was created.
Google revolutionized the way in which people found information online. -
Wikipedia is launched.
Wikipedia was one of the websites that paved the way for collective web content. -
MySpace is very popular.
MySpace grew to become the most popular social network in 2003. -
YouTube was launched
YouTube brought free online video. It allowed anyone to share their own videos. -
Facebook is really popular.
Facebook is on its rise, and has 400 million active users. -
Instagram become really popular.
The photo sharing site (Instagram) reaches 400 million users, outpacing twitter's 316 million users -
YouTube become most visted website
As of 2019, YouTube becomes the most visited website with 1.7 billion searches per month.
