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Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) is created
Found a way that computers can talk to each other in case of nuclear attack. -
The first commercially successful mini-computer is launched
PDP-8, 1965
The DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation) creates the first modernly-designed commercially successful computer, the
PDP-8. It was small enough to fit on a desktop, and sold for 18,000 dollars. -
Computers at Stanford and UCLA connected for the first time
The first hosts on what would one day become the internet. -
An Arpanet network was established
Network between Harvard, MIT, and BBN (the company that created the "interface message processor" computers used to connect the network) in 1970 was created. -
Email was first developed
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The beginning of TCP/IP
A proposal was published to link Arpa-like networks together into a so-called "inter-network" which would have no central control and would work around a transmission control protocol (which eventually became TCP/IP) -
The first Personal Computer Modem is invented
The modem was invented by Dennis Hayes and Dale Heatherington, and was introduced and initiallly sold to computer hobbyists. -
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 - 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. -
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. -
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. -
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 Search Engine is created.
Archie
Even before the first website was created, there were hundreds of thousands of files all over. The first search engine, Archie, was invented by Alan Emtage to serve this purpose. It was a big success, and was used as a platform for Google and other search engines. -
First web page created in 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 commercial World Wide Web browser
Mosaic
The first internet browser was created in 1993, called NCSA (National Center for Supercoming Applications) Mosaic. Mosaic was the most popular existing browser at its time, until Netscape was created in 1995. -
Internet Explorer is launched
Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer followed behind Mosaic, making their browser similar to it. From there, Internet Explorer evolved and became more advanced, becoming the most known internet browser. -
The first Web Based Email service is launched
Hotmail
Emails had been being sent since 1971. However, it was not until 1995 that Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith decided to combine email with the internet. The first email service, HoTMaiL, was launched on July 4, 1996. It is currently the world's largest email service. -
First social networking site is launched
sixdegrees.cpm
Though people could interact, people needed a way to connect with multiple people over the internet. That is how Social Networking was born. The first site for this was Sixdegrees.com. invented in 1997 by Andrew Weinreich. People could set up profiles, add friends, and send messages, along with other features that we still use today. -
Miniclip is created
miniclip
Miniclip, today's most popular gaming site, was created in 2001 by Rob Small. Miniclip began as a small website, housing several online games. Currently, it is worth over 200 million dollars, and has over 300 million users from across the globe. -
Wikipedia goes live
Wikipedia
Currently boasting over 13 million articles in 271 different languages, Wikipedia is currently the largest base of knowledge on the internet. Created in 2001, Wikipedia's goal was to provide information on basically everything,, making it a base for info. -
Facebook is created
like the link
After sixdegrees.com, the public needed something more. So in 2004, Mark Zuckerburg launched facebook, today's most popular social network. Today, it houses over 500 million people's profiles, and is one of the most successful websites in internet history. -
Youtube is created
youtube
Videos had been floating around the internet for a long time, but it was not until Youtube's creation in 2005 that they all could be found. It was invented by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim, for the purpose of sharing videos on a website that everyone could see them on.
