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fiber-optic cables
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First Telecommunications Cable
the first telecommunications cable was laid, and even worked, but it stopped working after only a little bit -
Russia Launches Sputnik to Spy on Us
Russia launched the sputnik satellite to spy on us from space -
First Modem
first modem was made instead of dial up internet -
creation of ARPANET
ARPANET created to communicate between computers -
creation of wifi
Wifi sends light waves, that carry code to your computer, and was invented by a team of 5 people in 1971 used for a cash register -
Term Internet
the term internet came into use -
First Internet Service Providers
the first internet service providers were phone companies such as atandt, sprint, and frontier, and they used dial up internet, which used the phones that people already had -
creation of DNS server
this helps put ip addresses into words that we can understand -
first submarine fiber optic cable
laid in english channel, had connected porstsmouth to isle of wight -
first trans-atlantic cable laid
TAR-8 fiber optic cables went into service was laid under the atlantic ocean, from the united states to britain. ZIt carried equivilant to 40k phone calls -
first web page
made by tim burners lee, wrote a paper proposal about creating a more hyperlinked paper for his creation, the world wide web -
first search engine
called archie, the first seach engine was made in 1990, b y alan elmtage -
first smartphone
made in 1992 by ibm -
facebook creation
made by mark Zuckerburg, in 2004,Facebook was among one of the first social media websites, and is still very popular to this day -
creation of spotify
spotify is a website, and app that lets you play music, for free -
first internet server
NEXQ was invented by tim burners lee for his new invention called the www, the first webpage was on this server -
the dark web
80% of the internet is the dark web, used for illegal actions, and for mail, and entertainment
