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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 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 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. -
Google storage
As proud hosts to Google back when it was still a research project, and known as "BackRub," here Stanford now showcases the original Google storage from way back in 1996. It's made up of a whopping 40 GB (less than a modern iPod) and it's made from, as fans of the building bricks will be delighted to see, LEGO. It even hash funny mini-figures on the top. http://mashable.com/2010/06/19/10-google-facts/#eoTlExF_K8qE -
Google's company snack
Back in February, 1999, the chewy candy known as "Swedish Fish" became the first ever company snack (not counting beverages) that was ordered into the Google office http://mashable.com/2010/06/19/10-google-facts/#eoTlExF_K8qE -
Google is dog friendly
Google is a super dog-friendly company. It proudly names "company dogs," like Yoshka (described as a "free-range Leonberger") pictured above. Yoshka accompanies Urs Holzle, senior VP operations and Google Fellow to the Googleplex. Less senior staff are also allowed to bring their dogs to the office. http://mashable.com/2010/06/19/10-google-facts/#eoTlExF_K8qE -
Google homepage design
Google's famous homepage "Doodles" (the changing Google logo graphics) are well known and enjoyed by millions around the world as a way to mark an event or anniversary. But did you know that the very first Google Doodle was designed as a kind of "out of office" message? http://mashable.com/2010/06/19/10-google-facts/#QehCneE2Q8q6 -
Google renting goats
This one isn't actually one of Google's infamous April Fools' Day jokes: Google rents out goats. Yes you read that right. It rents goats from a company called California Grazing to help cut down the amount of weeds and brush at Google HQ.
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Google has a dinosaur company
By all accounts, there are many wondrous sights to be seen at the Googleplex, but one of the most arresting is surely the gigantic T-Rex skeleton — nicknamed "Stan" after a "real" dino found nearby — that looms menacingly at Googlers in Mountain View. http://mashable.com/2010/06/19/10-google-facts/#eoTlExF_K8qE -
The google logo is centered
Google's famously sparse homepage is considered a classic design in the online world. The Google logo, however, wasn't actually centered on the page until March 31, 2001. As early users will remember, the homepage had a bias to the left-hand side, and even earlier — back in 1998 — Google sported a Yahoo-style exclamation mark. http://mashable.com/2010/06/19/10-google-facts/#eoTlExF_K8qE -
Google's stocks
While the initial price for Google's stock at its Initial Public Offering in August 2004 is an interesting stat in itself, there's more to the story. The opening price for Google's stock was $85 per share. At the time of writing, the stock price was $483 but has soared as high as $600 in the past year, making GOOG a rather nice investment for many. http://mashable.com/2010/06/19/10-google-facts/#eoTlExF_K8qE -
Google in the dictionary
While you'd think the news that the Merriam-Webster and Oxford English Dictionary adding "google" as a verb to their lexicons in 2006 would thrill the search engine, Google was actually none too pleased with the development. http://mashable.com/2010/06/19/10-google-facts/#eoTlExF_K8qE -
Google's first tweet
Google's first ever Twitter post was as satisfyingly geeky as you could hope for. The message, sent in February 2009, reads "I'm 01100110 01100101 01100101 01101100 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01101100 01110101 01100011 01101011 01111001 00001010." http://mashable.com/2010/06/19/10-google-facts/#eoTlExF_K8qE
