Evolution of the Internet Timeline

By stefannyflamme
  • Who created Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) and when?

    Who created Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) and when?

    President Dwight D. Eisenhower created the first ARPA in
  • Who created first wide-area network (WAN)?

    Who created first wide-area network (WAN)?

    The first known WAN was created by the U.S. Air Force in the late 1950s
  • When was the modem invented and by whom?

    When was the modem invented and by whom?

    The modem was invented in 1962 by Brent Townshed
  • What pioneer is responsible for packet-switching concept?

    What pioneer is responsible for packet-switching concept?

    Paul Baran is responsible
  • What was the first virus? When was it created?

    What was the first virus? When was it created?

    The first virus was created in 1971 by Bob Thomas of BBN.
  • When was Apple founded?

    When was Apple founded?

    Apple Computers, Inc. was founded on April 1, 1976, by college dropouts Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, who brought to the new company a vision of changing the way people viewed computers.
  • When does IBM launch the personal computer

    When does IBM launch the personal computer

    introduced in August 1981, only a year after corporate executives gave the go-ahead to Bill Lowe, the lab director in the company's Boca Raton, Fla., facilities. He set up a task force that developed the proposal for the first IBM PC.
  • What year was the Internet invented? By whom?

    What year was the Internet invented? By whom?

    n January 1, 1983, and from there researchers began to assemble the “network of networks” that became the modern Internet. The online world then took on a more recognizable form in 1990, when computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web.
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    Evolution of the Internet Timeline

  • When was the first worm created and what was the name?

    When was the first worm created and what was the name?

    The Morris worm or Internet worm of November 2, 1988, was one of the first computer worms distributed via the Internet, and the first to gain significant mainstream media attention.
  • Who introduces the World Wide Web by whom?

    Who introduces the World Wide Web by whom?

    Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist, invented the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989, while working at CERN. The Web was originally conceived and developed to meet the demand for automated information-sharing between scientists in universities and institutes around the world.
  • When was the Michelangelo virus created?

    When was the Michelangelo virus created?

    On March 6, 1992, a pre-internet era virus caused what was arguably the first-ever public malware scare in history.
  • Who used the first emoticon -)

    Who used the first emoticon -)

    The first substantiated use of an emoticon came from American computer scientist Scott E. Fahlman
  • When was the Mosaic web browser launched?

    When was the Mosaic web browser launched?

    The Mosaic web browser was launched in 1993
  • When was Yahoo founded?

    When was Yahoo founded?

    The original Yahoo! company was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994 and was incorporated on March 2, 1995. Yahoo was one of the pioneers of the early Internet era in the 1990s.
  • Amazon and eBay was founded when?

    Amazon and eBay was founded when?

    ebay founded san jose, california in 1995 and amzon found in 1994
  • When was Internet Explorer launched? By whom?

    When was Internet Explorer launched? By whom?

    Internet Explorer was launched in 1995 by the Microsoft corporation
  • When does AOL launch instant messenger?

    When does AOL launch instant messenger?

    When launched in 1997, AIM was a staple of personal computers. Created as an extension of AOL's desktop software, the instant messaging client helped to revolutionize the way people interact online.
  • When was Google founded?

    When was Google founded?

    The first version of Google was released in August 1996 on the Stanford website. It used nearly half of Stanford's entire network bandwidth.
  • When did Apple launch iTunes and Safari browsers?

    When did Apple launch iTunes and Safari browsers?

    On January 7, 2003, at Macworld San Francisco, Steve Jobs announced that Apple had developed its own web browser, called Safari. It was based on Apple's internal fork of the KHTML rendering engine, called WebKit. The company released the first beta version, available only for Mac OS X, later that day.
  • When was Facebook launched? By whom?

    When was Facebook launched? By whom?

    Facebook launched in 2004 by Mark Zuckerburg
  • What was the first mobile virus and when was it created?

    What was the first mobile virus and when was it created?

    n June 2004, security researchers were sent copies of the first mobile virus, Cabir, a worm that infected the Symbian 60 OS. Written by members of an international group of virus writers, 29A, it was a proof-of-concept virus written in C++ using Symbian and Nokia's own SDK.
  • When was YouTube launched and by whom?

    When was YouTube launched and by whom?

    youtube was released in 2005 by Jawed Karim, Chad Hurley, Steve Chen
  • When does Apple launch the iPhone?

    When does Apple launch the iPhone?

    June 29th, 2007
  • When was Instagram and Pinterest launched?

    When was Instagram and Pinterest launched?

    They both launched in 2010
  • Who bought Skype and when?

    Who bought Skype and when?

    May 2011, Microsoft Corporation acquired Skype Communications