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Rick Bloome
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Robert E. Kahn (Inventor of ARPANET)
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Launch of ARPANET
A small network of computer intended to share scientific research between a handful of universities and military organizations. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQFprTs2Gso] -
Ray Tomlinson
Ray sent the first email, which how we communicate by using the @. -
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Ralph Baer
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The first Email
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The first online games
Maze War existed before the internet, but early net pioneers adapted, a version for use on ARPANET in 1974, making it a contender for the title of first online game
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Invention of the GIF
Steve Wichita of Compuserve invents the GIF. He will insist its pronunciation should use a hard J sound, like the peanut butter. Animated gifs won't arrive until 1989, and they won't repeat until 1995.
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Dawn of the World Wide Web
Computer scientist Sir Tim Berners-Lee explains a blueprint for the internet in his paper, "Information Management: A Proposal.", he creates three technologies that form the foundation of the internet we use today.
[https://www.cityam.com/30-years-since-dawn-world-wide-web-britain-still-heart-tech/] -
The first search engine
Alan Emtage creates Archie, the world's first internet search engine. Archie makes it much easier to find specific files on the constantly-expanding internet. The same year, the world's first website goes live.
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The Web goes worldwide
CERN makes its web source code public domain, or free for anyone to use. Now anyone who wants to learn can host a server or create a website.
[https://artsandculture.google.com/theme/the-world-wide-web-the-invention-that-connected-the-world/eAJS4WcKh7UBIQ?hl=en] -
World Wide Web standards
Their mission: to make sure the web will be accessible to everyone.
[https://www.elcom.com.au/resources/blog/web-standards] -
Social media goes mainstream
SixDegrees.com introduces user profiles, friend groups, and other features that will soon become standard
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The First pop-up
An innocent sounding feature of the freshly released JavaScript web language allows online advertisers to create pop-up ads in 1997
[https://www.forbes.com/sites/jaymcgregor/2014/08/15/the-man-who-invented-pop-up-ads-says-im-sorry/#608f8cb84ebe] -
Wi-Fi as we know it
A group of important tech companies forms the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance.
[https://www.my-webspot.com/blog/wifi-facts-you-need-to-know/] -
The First Smartphone
Smartphones took the functionality of PDAs to the next level with cellular internet connectivity.
[https://www.businessinsider.com/worlds-first-smartphone-simon-launched-before-iphone-2015-6#:~:text=Rob%20Stothard%2FGetty%20People%20didn,before%20Apple%20released%20the%20iPhone]
