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Creation of ARPA
In Response to the Russian launch of Sputnik, President Dwight Eisenhower ordered the creation of Advance Research Projects Agency (ARPA). Through technological developements of ARPA and American Universities, ARPAnet was brought online in 1969. - Quoted from searchenginejournal.com -
Term "Hypertext" Coined
Project Xanadu was created in 1960 by Ted Nelson. Ted later went on to coin the term hypertext in 1963. Hypertext is contained in hyperlinks, which today, are know simply as links. - Quoted from searchenginejournal.com -
ARPAnet
The Predecessor of the Internet. Created through jont cooperation between ARPA and American Universities. - quoted from wordstream.com -
First Email
The First Email was sent by Ray Tomlinson, a computer scientist in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He uses the @ to distinguish the sender's name from the service provider. - quoted from wordstream.com -
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is designed and in 1983 it becomes the standard for communicating between computers over the Internet. One of these protocols, FTP (File Transfer Protocol), allows users to log onto a remote computer, list the files on that computer, and download files from that computer. - Quoted from searchenginejournal.com -
Term "Internet" Coined
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Domain Name System Established
Domain Name System (DNS) is established, with network addresses identified by extensions such as .com, .org, and .edu. - quoed from wordstream.com -
America Online
Quantum Computer Services, which later changes its name to America Online, debuts. It offers email, electronic bulletin boards, news, and other information. - quoted from wordstream.com -
Internet Worm
A virus called the Internet Worm temporarily shuts down about 10% of the world's Internet servers. - quoted from netvalley.com -
Archie
The Archie Search Engine is the internet’s first indexer and is therefore considered as “the grandfather of all search engines.” It was invented by Alan Emtage, a computer science student from Barbados studying at McGill University. Before Archie was invented, the only way people could fins out the existence of and FTP (file transfer protocol) server was by word of mouth or if they were sent an email telling them where to find the information. - Quoted from searchenginehistory.com
