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Arpanet
packet switching technology is a digital network communications method that groups all transmitted data -
Unix
Unix is a computer operating system -
Arpenet network
"Interface message processer" computers used to connect to the netwrok in 1970 -
Email
Email was invented by Ray Tomlinson who desicded to use the @ symbol to seperate the user name from the computer name -
First trans-Atlantic connection and the popularity of emailing
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The beginning of TCP/IP
TCP/IP is transmission control protocol/internet protocol -
The email client
Is a computer program used to manage email adding the Reply and Forward funtion -
PC modem
Is a device that converts between analog and digital signals -
BBS
The Bulliten Board System is a system that allows the user to leave messages and access information of general intrest -
MUD
The earliest form of multiplayer games -
Usenet
Internet based disscusion system -
Enquire software
Known today as www -
The first emoticon
A representaions of a facial expression -
Arpanet computers switch over to TCP/IP
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Desktop workstaions
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DNS
Domain Name System -
Protocol wars
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The Internet grows
30 000 hosts on the internet -
IRC
Internet Relay chat (real-time chat) -
AOL is launched
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Proposal for world wide web
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First comercial dial up ISP
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Worldwideweb protocols finished
The code for the www was written by Tim Berners-Lee -
First web page created
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First content based search protocol
Gopher -
MP3 becomes standard
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First webcam
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Mosaic
first graphical web browser for the general public -
Government joined the fun
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Netscape Navigator
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Commercialization of the internet
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Geocities, the vatican goes online and javascript
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First web-based service
Hotmail, the first webmail was launched -
The term "weblog" is coined
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Birth of Google
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Internet based file sharing gets is roots
Napster was launched -
Wikipedia was launched
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VoIP goes mainstream
Skype is released -
MySpace becomes most popular social network
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Web 2.0
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Social media and Digg
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Facebook open to collage student
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YouTube
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Twitter
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The iphone and the mobile web
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Major move to place TV shows online
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Internet election
