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The first commercial computer, UNIVAC I, is introduced.
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USSR launches Sputnik into space and, with it, global communications.
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Bell Labs Invents Modem
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U.S. Government Creates ARPA
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Leonard Kleinrock Pioneers Packet-Switching
Packet switching is a digital networking communications method that groups all transmitted data into suitably sized blocks, called packets, which are transmitted via a medium that may be shared by multiple simultaneous communication sessions. Packet switching increases network efficiency, robustness and enables technological convergence of many applications operating on the same network. -
J.C.R. Licklider Conceives Intergalactic Network
J.C.R. Licklider writes memos about his Intergalactic Network concept of networked computers and becomes the first head of the computer research program at ARPA. -
Paul Baran, Donald Davies Develop Message Blocks/Packet-switching.
The Rand Corporation's Paul Baran develops message blocks in the U.S., while Donald Watts Davies, at the National Physical Laboratory in Britain, simultaneously creates a similar technology called packet-switching. The technology revolutionizes data communications. -
ARPA Sponsors Networking Study
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Lawrence Roberts & Thomas Marill Create First Wide-area Network
The system confirms that packet switching offers the most promising model for communication between computers. -
ARPAnet Project Initiated
Directing ARPA’s computer research program, Robert Taylor initiates the ARPAnet project, the foundation for today’s Internet. -
ARPAnet Design Begins
Wesley Clark suggests the network is managed by interconnected ‘Interface Message Processors’ in front of the major computers. Called IMPs, they evolve into today’s routers. -
Bolt Beranek and Newman Wins IMP Development Contract
Bolt Beranek and Newman, Inc. (BBN) is awarded the ARPA contract to build the Interface Message Processors. -
UCLA Team Sends First Data Packets
The first data packets are sent between networked computers on October 29th by Charley Kline at UCLA, under supervision of Professor Leonard Kleinrock. The first attempt resulted in the system crashing as the letter G of “Login” was entered. The second attempt was successful. -
Key Internet Protocols Implemented
Dr. David Clark implements Internet protocols for the Multics systems, the Xerox PARC ALTO and the IBM PC -
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Ray Tomlinson Invents Email
Ray Tomlinson of BBN invents the email program to send messages across a distributed network. The "@" sign is chosen from the punctuation keys on Tomlinson's Model 33 Teletype to separate local from global emails, making "user@host" the email standard. -
Interconnecting Networks
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First proposal for standardization of electronic mail message
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Microsoft
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Apple
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A Bulletin Board System launched
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MUD: First real-time, multi-player MUD adventure game was developed by Roy Trubshaw and Richard Bartle at Essex University, England.
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Usenet: A distributed threaded discussion and file sharing system launched.
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The first online service is available - Compuserve
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The first chat room is launched - CompuServe's CB Simulator
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IBM announces its first Personal Computer.
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First standardization of the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, a network transmission standard for the transport of email.
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AOL begins life as Control Video Corporation
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Prodigy gave access to information - news, weather, stocks, etc.
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LISTSERV, the first electronic mailing list software application.
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MoveOn launched
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HTML was developed by a British engineer, Tim Berners-Lee who launched The World Wide Web.
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IMDb, the Internet Movie Database
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Yahoo launched
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CDDB, a database for software applications to look up audio CD (compact disc) information over the Internet.
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Netscape Communications founded.
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First interactive web-page launched
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whitehouse launches its website
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Dial-up internet offered by many mainsream carriers
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Microsofts agressive new approch to internet begins
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Geocities Launches
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Amazon.com created as an online bookstore
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Craigslist created (free classifides)
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Classmates launch, staying connected with friends from high school
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SixDegrees.com launched, first site to allow poeple to create and share profiles
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The smoking gun launched as a site to find legal files
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Steve Jobs returns to apple
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good filed to be incorperated
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Napster created by college student to share musc more freely
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X.com launched as a financial service site
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Pets.com closes down, insufficent funds.
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Wikipedia launched
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Napstershts down
Found guilty of olating copywrite, napster shuts down! -
Friendster launched, coining the term "circle of friends"
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Apple creates ITunes - sells songs for $0.99
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LinkedIn launched
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Myspace launched
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Facebook laucnhed as a harvard only site
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Youtube launched
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92 million websites
At this point in time, there are more than 92 million websites! -
twitter Launched
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Facebook released to genreal pubic
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Iphone comes into play
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Happy 40th birthday to the internet!!!!
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Pinterest was created/ launched
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Instagram launched
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Microsoft buys skype
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Google+ launches
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Twitter shares IPO- stocks soar!
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Facebook hits 1 billion users!
