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Evolution of the Internet

By hannahntindle
  • Advanced Research Projects Agency created

    Advanced Research Projects Agency created

    It was created by Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • Packet-switching concept

    Packet-switching concept

    Paul Baran developed the concept Distributed Adaptive Message Block Switching
  • Wide-area network created

    Wide-area network created

    It was created by Talari Networks
  • Apple was found

    Apple was found

  • IBM launched the personal computer

    IBM launched the personal computer

  • First emoticon used

    First emoticon used

    The first emoticon was used by Scott Fahlman
  • Internet was invented

    Internet was invented

  • First virus was created

    First virus was created

    Called "Brain," the program was created in 1986 by the Farooq Alvi brothers of Pakistan as a method to deter copying the medical software they wrote.
  • First worm created

    First worm created

    The Morris Worm is the name on the first worm created
  • World Wide Web is introduced

    World Wide Web is introduced

    Tim Berners-Lee introduced the World Wide Web
  • Michelangelo virus created

    Michelangelo virus created

  • Mosaic web browser launched

    Mosaic web browser launched

  • Amazon was found

    Amazon was found

  • eBay was found

    eBay was found

  • Yahoo was found

    Yahoo was found

  • Internet Explorer launched

    Internet Explorer launched

    It was launched by Thomas Reardon
  • Modem invented

    Modem invented

    Invented by Dr. Brent Townshend
  • AOL launched instant messenger

    AOL launched instant messenger

  • Google was found

    Google was found

  • Apple launched iTunes

    Apple launched iTunes

  • Apple launched safari

    Apple launched safari

  • First mobile device created

    First mobile device created

    Cabir was the first mobile virus created
  • Facebook was launched

    Facebook was launched

    It was founded by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommate and fellow Harvard University student Eduardo Saverin.
  • YouTube was launched

    YouTube was launched

    It was launched by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim
  • Apple launched the iPhone

    Apple launched the iPhone

  • Pinterest was launched

    Pinterest was launched

  • Instagram was launched

    Instagram was launched

  • Skype was bought

    Skype was bought

    Skype was bought by Microsoft