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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. -
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 to the network) in 1970 was created. -
Email was first developed
Developed by Ray Tomlinson, who also made the decision to use the "@" symbol to separate
the user name from the computer name (which later on became the domain name) -
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 initially 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
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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
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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 web page created 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 Smartphone sold
Smartphone
Smartphones have changed the way people access information and how they use phones. may be one of the most influential creations. It was invented by IBM. -
Amazon created
Amazon
Amazon's creation brought in a new way to buy products, making shopping much more convienient. -
Netflix was launched
Netflix
Neflix makes it far easier to catch up on past seasons for tv shows and to be able to watch many movies for a low monthly fee. -
The Creation of Wikipedia
History of Wikipedia
This event has helped students since, as it now puts information in one easy location. -
Xbox Live launched
Xbox Live
The xbox live system has allowed a new way to game with people across the world by utilizing the internet. -
Itunes Store put Online
Itunes Itunes was put online forever changing the wway people listen to music -
Twitter was formed
Twitter
Twitter revolutionized social networking by allowing people to make 140 character updates about their days -
First Macbook Air Sold
Macbook Air sold
The macbook air was sold, which was the beginning of a wave of better laptops. -
Google Chrome
Google Chrome
The web browser that saved us from the horrificness of internet explorer. This browser has made searching the web much more easy and enjoyable. -
Snapchat was made
Snapchat
Snapchat has brought a new way of commmunicating with your friends by sending pictures of yourself with a short caption
