Technology

Evolution of the Internet Timeline

By kiarra002

  • What pioneer is responsible for packet-switching concept?

    The concept of switching small blocks of data was first explored independently by Paul Baran at the RAND Corporation starting in the late 1950s in the US and Donald Davies at the National Physical Laboratory in the UK.

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

    The agency was created in February 1958 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in response to the Soviet launching of Sputnik 1 in 1957.
  • When was the modem invented and by whom?

    When was the modem invented and by whom?

    Mass-produced modems in the United States began as part of the SAGE air-defense system in 1958 (the year the word modem was first used) In 1962, the first commercial modem was manufactured and sold as the Bell 103 by AT&T.

  • Who created first wide-area network (WAN)?

    In 1966, Thomas Marill and Lawrence G. Roberts published a paper on an experimental wide area network (WAN) for computer time sharing.
  • When was Apple founded?

    When was Apple founded?

    April 1, 1976,

  • When does IBM launch the personal computer

    August 12, 1981

  • Who used the first emoticon -)

    On September 19, 1982, Carnegie Mellon professor Dr. Scott Fahlman invented the first emoticon: the humble smiley

  • What year was the Internet invented? By whom?

    ARPANET adopted TCP/IP on January 1, 1983, and from there researchers began to assemble the “network of networks” that became the modern Internet. Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn invented TCP/IP protocol.

  • What was the first virus? When was it created?

    The first IBM PC virus in the "wild" was a boot sector virus dubbed Brain, created in 1986 by the Farooq Alvi Brothers in Lahore, Pakistan, reportedly to deter unauthorized copying of the software they had written.

  • 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.

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

    The first ever computer virus spread by mobile phones is The worm also known as Cabir.The Morris worm or Internet worm was created on November 2, 1988.

  • Who introduces the World Wide Web by whom?

    Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist, invented the World Wide Web in 1989, while working at CERN.

  • When was the Michelangelo virus created?

    The Michelangelo virus is a computer virus first discovered on 4 February 1991 in Australia.
  • When was the Mosaic web browser launched?

    When was the Mosaic web browser launched?

    The Mosaic web browser was launched on January 23, 1993
  • Amazon and eBay was founded when?

    Amazon and eBay was founded when?

    Amazon was founded July 5, 1994 eBay was founded in Pierre Omidyar's San Jose living room back in September 1995.
  • 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.
  • When was Internet Explorer launched? By whom?

    When was Internet Explorer launched? By whom?

    The first version, dubbed Microsoft Internet Explorer, made its debut on August 16, 1995. Thomas Reardon at Microsoft took the Spyglass code and developed it into Internet Explorer 1.0

  • When does AOL launch instant messenger?

    AOL Instant Messenger was created in May 1997
  • When was Google founded?

    When was Google founded?

    September 4, 1998

  • When did Apple launch iTunes and Safari browsers?

    On April 28, 2003, Apple introduced the iTunes Store, Safari also was launched in 2003
  • When was Facebook launched? By whom?

    When was Facebook launched? By whom?

    Facebook is a social networking service launched on February 4, 2004. It was founded by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommate and fellow Harvard University student Eduardo Saverin.
  • When was YouTube launched and by whom?

    When was YouTube launched and by whom?

    Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim created the service in February 2005.

  • When does Apple launch the iPhone?

    The iPhone was launched on June 29, 2007
  • When was Instagram and Pinterest launched?

    When was Instagram and Pinterest launched?

    Instagram was launched on October 6, 2010.Pintrest was launched in January 2010
  • Who bought Skype and when?

    Who bought Skype and when?

    On 10 May 2011, Microsoft Corporation acquired Skype Communications for US$8.5 billion.