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Computers at Stanford and UCLA connected for the first time.
ARPANET was the first real network to run on packet switching technology. Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET), was the world's first operational packet switching network and the core network of a set that came to compose the global Internet. -
Invention of Unix
The operating system whose design heavily influenced that of Linux and FreeBSD (the operating systems most popular in today’s web servers/web hosting services) Invented by Dennis Ritchie and Kenneth Thompsonin Bell labs. -
An Arpanet network was established between Harvard, MIT, and BBN
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First e-mail sent by Ray Tomlinson
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University College of London makes first international connection (ARPANET)
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Start of Apple
Apple was created by Steve Jobs, and Steve Wozniak. -
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom sends her first email
The first trans-Atlantic connection and the popularity of emailing -
First online bulletin board is created online
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ARPANET is replaced with NFSNET
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First Virus
The first trans-Atlantic connection and the popularity of emailing -
CSNET
linked computer science departments at academic institutions in the United States that were not connected to the ARPANET. -
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and Internet Protocol (IP) -
Windows
Chase Bishop developed the first model of Windows. -
100,000
The number of hosts online breaks 100,000. -
ARPANET ceases to exist
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Java
Sun Microsystems releases Java -
Google begins
Google files for incorporation in California on September 4. Shortly thereafter, Larry and Sergey open a bank account in the newly-established company‘s name -
High speed internet
Fixed wireless, high-speed Internet technology is now seen as a viable alternative to copper and fiber optic lines placed in the ground. -
Facebook
Facebook began when Mark Zuckerberg launched the site as a Harvard sophomore. It was then called "thefacebook.com" -
YouTube
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92 million
There are an estimated 92 million Web sites online -
Google + YouTube
Google Inc. acquires YouTube for $1.65 billion in a stock-for-stock transaction. -
Vista
Microsoft launches its various consumer versions of Microsoft Vista. -
iTunes
Apple surpasses one billion iTunes downloads. -
Google leads the way
Search engine giant Google surpasses Microsoft as "the most valuable global brand," and also is the most visited Web site. -
Facebook
Facebook has over 400 million members
