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1958 Modem is invented
Modem is invented allowing computer to talk with one another -
1961 Leonard Kleinrock
Leonard Kleinrock at MIT writes paper on how computer will talk with one another at switches. This is the bases of the modern internet.
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1965 First Network
Two computers at MIT Lincoln Lab communicate with one another -
1969 Arpanet
ARPANET is created. Advanced Research Projects Agency(ARPA) Network. Soon to be renamed DARPA(Defense Advance Research Projects Agency) -
1970 Network Control Protocols are designed
This established how the networks will talk with one another. -
1971
ARPAnet creates the first email. Ray Tomlinson creator.
https://www.theverge.com/2012/5/2/2991486/ray-tomlinson-email-inventor-interview-i-see-email-being-used
Interview with founder of email. -
Email is introduce
The concept of Electronic Mail is introduced, to include @ symbol for the organization that one is located at. -
Global networking
Global networking becomes a reality as the University College of London and Royal Radar Establishment (Norway) connect to ARPANET. https://theconversation.com/5-milestones-that-created-the-internet-50-years-after-the-first-network-message-123114 -
The First Internet Service Provider
The first internet Service Provider (ISP) is born with the introduction of a commercial version of ARPANET, known as Telenet. -
Establishment of Computer Science Network
The National Science Foundation (NSF) provided a grant to establish the Computer Science Network to provide networking to colleges and universities. -
The Domain Name System
Establishes edu. gov. com. mil. org. and net. -
Cyperspace
Author William Gibson is the first to use the word "cyberspace"https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/08/26/how-william-gibson-coined-cyberspace/ -
First Domain Registered
Symbolics.com is the first register domain. For the Symbolics Corporation. https://www.businessinsider.com/symbolics-the-first-dot-com-domain-name-registered-2015-3 -
First Webpage
www public
https://www.businessinsider.com/flashback-this-is-what-
the-first-website-ever-looked-like-2011-6#:~:text=The%20first%20web%20page%20went,%2FWWW%2FTheProject.html. -
World Wide WEB
Cern introduces the World Wide Web to the public.
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2 million computers on the internet
The number of websites reaches 600 and the White House and the United Nations go online. The number of computers connected to NSFNET grows to 2 million. -
Netscape Communications and Microsoft
Netscape Communications is born. Microsoft creates a Web browser
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Yahoo is created
Yahoo is created by Jerry Yang and David Filo. Incorporated in March 1995 https://history-computer.com/Internet/Conquering/Yahoo.html -
Amazon Launch
On July 16, 1995, Amazon officially opens for business as an online bookseller. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/02/how-jeff-bezos-got-his-parents-to-invest-in-amazon--turning-them-into.html -
Google Launch
Internet search engine. https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/5/17823490/google-20th-birthday-anniversary-history-milestones -
Facebook Launch
The world’s most popular social networking website Facebook was launched in 2004, by 19-year-old computing and psychology student Mark Zuckerberg. https://home.bt.com/news/on-this-day/february-4-2004-facebook-is-launched-sparking-a-social-media-revolution-11363959412613 -
Pinterest and Instagram
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President Trump fights to ban Tik-Tok
Citing Chinese influence the President of the United States bans new uploads and updates of Chinese owned TikTok. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-addressing-threat-posed-tiktok/
