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A.R.P.A. is created
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IMP created
Beranek and Newman, Inc. (BBN) unveils the final version of the Interface Message Processor (IMP) specifications. BBN wins ARPANET contract.https://www.livescience.com/20727-internet-history.html -
Computers Connect
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An ARPA net network is established
the network is established between Harvard, Mit and bbn -
Email First Developed
The email was created by Ray Tomlinson who also came up with the use for the @ sign -
Global networking is created
Global networking becomes a reality as the University College of London (England) and Royal Radar Establishment (Norway) connect to ARPANET. The term Internet is born.https://www.livescience.com/20727-internet-history.html -
beginning of TCP
The arpa networks were proposed to connect together to create the inter network -
Telenet is born
The first Internet Service Provider (ISP) is born with the introduction of a commercial version of ARPANET, known as Telenet.https://www.livescience.com/20727-internet-history.html -
Queen Elizabeth first Email
Queen Elizabeth II hits the “send button” on her first email.https://www.livescience.com/20727-internet-history.html -
First Computer modem is invented
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 created
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 is created
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. -
CSNET is created
The National Science Foundation (NSF) provided a grant to establish the Computer Science Network (CSNET) to provide networking services to university computer scientists.https://www.livescience.com/20727-internet-history.html -
The first emoticon is used
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. -
Domain name system is created
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. -
William Gibson, author of "Neuromancer," is the first to use the term "cyberspace."
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Symbolics.com, the website for Symbolics Computer Corp. in Massachusetts, becomes the first registered domain.
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The number of hosts on the Internet exceeds 20,000. Cisco ships its first router.
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World.std.com becomes the first commercial provider of dial-up access to the Internet.
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world wide web protocols finished
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
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. -
The first audio and video are distributed over the Internet. The phrase "surfing the Internet" is popularized.
