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Early Foundations and the World War II connection
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Early Foundations and the World War II Connection
An American engineer, Vannevar Bush, published an article called, "As We May Think," which envisions the system called, Memex, which is a theoretical device that stores people data, and hypertext.
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The Seed of Ideation
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Story of ARPA Creation
The Soviet launched Sputnik, which led the U.S to create the ARPA/Advanced Research Projects Agency, which focuses on the cutting-edge technology to increase the superiority in America.
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The Birth of Networking Concepts
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J.C.R. Licklider's Vision
A psychologist by the name of J.C.R Licklider, wrote something about the ICN/Intergalactic Computer Network, which laid the foundation, which will than become the Internet.
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First Wide-Area Network/WAN Experiment
Working at MIT, Lawrence Roberts had connected computers by a telephone line, which demonstrates the potential for data communication between systems that are far away from each other.
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Birth of ARPANET
ARPANET, which was funded by the U.S government, was the first packet-switching network, with the first message sent between UCLA and the Research Institute in Stanford being "LO" or "LOGIN"
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The Foundation of Modern Networking
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The creation of Email
Introducing the "@" symbol, Ray Tomlinson was the first person to invent email. When email became a thing, it became an extremely popular service in the ARPANET. Ray Tomlinson was the first person to send an email, by choosing the "@" symbol to separate user names to computer names.
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International Expansion and the concept of networking protocols
When ARPANET went global, a node was added in Norway, which marks the first international connection and it sets the stage for global communication networks in the future, but the concept of networking protocols took a leap, when Robert Kahn and Vinton Cerf designed TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol), TCP/IP would later become the main protocol for the Internet.
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The Creation of the term, "Internet"
Vinton Cerf and Bob/Robert Kahn proposed a new protocol called the TCP/Transmission Control Protocol, and during this, the term, "Internet" was used for the first time.
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The Queen's first email
This is when Queen Elizabeth II sent her first email, which made her the first heads of the state to communicate using the technology.
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Birth of TCP/IP Protocol
The development of TCP/IP had became a primary protocol suite for the internet, which establishing a certain standard method for network communication, and during this Gary Thurek was the first person to do a spam email. which marked the beginning of digital marketing.
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From Academic Network to Public Service
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Transition to ICP/IP and The Domain Name System/DNS
ARPANET had completely switched to TCP/IP, which marked the birth of modern internet, and during this time, Paul Mockapetris had invented the DNS, which introduced domains like: ".com," ".org," and ".edu," which made this more user-friendly.
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The introduction of DNS!
DNS was introduced, which created a recognizable addresses like ".com," ".org," and ".net" making the websites more accessible.
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The First Domain Name
Symbolics.com had became the first registered domain name, which marks the beginning of the domain name usage, which would soon become the central to the Internet navigation.
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The World Wide Web/WWW is Conceived
A British scientist working at CERN, named Tim Berners-Lee, had proposed an idea for distributed information system, which became the WWW/World Wide Web, with his goal was to create a way to link and access certain documents.
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WWW code was released and the shutdown of ARPANET
Berners-Lee had wrote the first web page editor and browser, and that was when WWW was born, this marked the beginning of web browsing and the foundation for websites and content sharing, during this ARPANET, which had became very obsolete, was decommissioned, which officially passed down the torch to the modern internet.
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The Rise of the Web and Commercial Internet
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World Wide Web released
World Wide Web was publicly released, which enables people to share and access documents and websites through to the standardized system.
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The Mosaic Browser
Made in 1993, Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina had developed Mosaic, the first popular web browser, which brought a graphical interface to the web, this innovation allowed non-technical people to explore the web easily.
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Lanuch of Netscape, and founding of Amazon and Yahoo!
Netscape Navigator became the first widely used commercial web browser and had played a very important role during the making of the Internet, while this was happening, Amazon and Yahoo! were founded, which symbolizes the rise of e-commerce and online search services.
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Commercialization of the Internet: Netscape, the launch of eBay, the World Wide Web Consortium/W3C, and the introduction of Java
When Netscape went public, it ignited the "browser wars" with Microsoft's internet, during this, Explorer. eBay launched, which furthered the commercial potential of the Web. During this time, Tim Berners-Lee had founded the W3C/World Wide Web Consortium, in order to standardize web protocols, and to ensure the growth of the Internet, and programming language called Java was introduced.
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The Founding of Google
Larry Page and Sergery Brin had launched Google, which fundamentally changed how people accessed information.
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The Explosion of Social Media and Mobile Internet
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The launch of Wikipedia
The free, collaborative online encyclopedia, Wikipedia was launched, and became one of the most visited websites on the internet.
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The Birth of Facebook
Founded by Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook was released, and became one of the largest social media platforms.
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The Founding of YouTube!
YouTube was founded, and transformed content creation and consumption, which gave the rise of video blogging (vlogging) and viral content.
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The Launch of the iPhone
Apple's iPhone ushered in the era of mobile Internet, and the mobile revolution accelerated Internet adoption worldwide.
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The Debut of Goggle
The browser Goggle Chrome, made its official debut.
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Instagram's release
Instagram made it official release.
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The Age of Connectivity, Apps, and Social Influence
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The Founding of Snapchat
Snapchat was found, which introduced ephemeral content.
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Edward Snowden's Revelations
Edward Snowden, a former NSA contractor, had exposed leaks of the extent of global digital surveillance, which then lead to a worldwide debate about online privacy.
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IoT/Internet of things
This term instantly gained popularity as devices from thermostats to cars had became connected to the internet.
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Artificial Intelligence and Internet Integration
AI technologies, chatbots and smart assistants became apart of everyday life.
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The enforcement of GDPR/Government Data Population Regulation
In the European Union, was enforced of the GDPR/Government Data Population Regulation, which highlights the privacy concerns and regulations of how companies handle user data.
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The Covid-19 Pandemic
The internet became more essential during the pandemic, with the evolvement of remote work, online education, and virtual events.
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The Era of Remote Work and AI Integration
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The Metaverse concept
This concept gained traction, with major tech companies, with Facebook.
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Web3 and Decentralization
Conversations around Web3, had captured global attention.
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Ai Dominance and Internet Personalization and the Continuation of 5G technology
AI continue to shape user experiences online, while the expansion of 5G technology, shape the modern Internet.
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