The History of the Internet

By grassom6
  • Printing Press was made
    1450

    Printing Press was made

  • First programmable mechanical computer was built

    First programmable mechanical computer was built

    This led to the first computer programmer just a few short years later.
  • The Differential Analyzer was created

    The Differential Analyzer was created

    This was an analog computer used to solve different equations. It was one of the first advanced computing systems ever used.
  • First electronic digital computer

    First electronic digital computer

  • Car Phones

    Car phones were the first mobile phone.
  • First digitally operated and programmed robot was made

    First digitally operated and programmed robot was made

    The robot's name was Unimate and he worked on an assembly line right here in New Jersey!
    Unimate

  • Computers connect

    A Computer in Massachussets was connected to a compuer in California. It was the first wide-arc computer network. It was called ARPANET

  • ARPANET

    More computers were added to the ARPANET network.

  • First Email

    The first email was sent by Ray Tomlinson, and he has been quoted to not even remembering what the email said.

  • First Desk Top Computers

    IBM and Hewlett-Packard introduced the first desk-sized programmable computers.
  • First Mobile Phone

    First Mobile Phone

    The first mobile phone not attached to a vehicle. It was almost 2.5 pounds and the battery only lasted 20 minutes.

  • The First Online Game

  • First Apple Computer

  • World Wide Web

    The World Wide Web was proposed. Fun Fact it was originally all one word! Worldwideweb!

  • CERN

    CERN made web technology available and free to whoever in the world.
  • Mosaic

    Mosaic

    Mosaic came out in 1993. It was graphical and easy to use.

  • Telecommunication Act

    The Telecommunication Act called for all schools, libraries, and hospitals become connected to the internet
  • Smart Phones

    Smart Phones

    The first Smart phone debuted in 1996. It was a cell phone and a PDA all in one.
  • Google

    Google

    In 1997 Google became available to the public.
  • Wifi

    Wifi

    Wifi was compatible with the following, Personal computers, gaming consoles, Smart devices, televisions, printers, smartphones, security cameras. This created a much easier way to connect to the internet from more places.

  • Digital Mellennium Copyright Act

    This Act goverened the use of copyrighted information.
  • Google's Algorithm

    Google's Algorithm

    in 2001 Google put in an algorithm to sort and organize information revolutionizing the web searching process.
  • Myspace

    Myspace

    Myspace was the first major social media platform. Tweet from Tom
  • Facebook

    Facebook

  • Youtube

    Youtube

  • Twitter

    Twitter

  • iPhones

    iPhones

    The first iPhone was introduced in 2007. That wasn't really that long ago!
  • Instagram

    Instagram

  • TikTok

    TikTok

    The newest social media today is TikTok and it is everywhere. Even if you do not have an actual TikTok, videos from there play on Facebook and Instagram now too!
  • 5G

    5G

    5G wireless service was introduced.
    Difference between 1G and 5G