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The First Computer
Charles Babbage makes the first mechanical computer -
The First E-mail
Ray Tomlinson sent the first e-mail and it was a simple test message to himself. -
The First Ethernet Cable!
Bob Metcalfe invented the Ethernet. He described the Ethernet network system to interconnect advanced computer workstations, making it possible to send data to another system faster. (his picture below) -
When was TCP/IP created?
Robert Kahn and Vinton Cerf created the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and Internet Protocol (IP) which is a communications model that sets standards for how data can be transmitted between multiple networks -
The World's First Website
The World Wide Web or "W3" browser went live on the very first server. It was run on Tim Berners-Lee's NeXT computer at CERN whis is an acronym for Conseil Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleaire -
Public use of the Web!
CERN (Conseil Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleaire) puts its World Wide Web into the public domain, having everyone able to use it. -
First online purchase
The first online purchase was an order for a large pepperoni and mushroom pizza with extra cheese from Pizza Hut. -
Internet explorer was found!
The first version of Internet Explorer was found on August 16, 1995 -
The First Viral Video!
The first viral video was a dancing 3D model of a baby dancing. It was named the Oogachaka baby -
The Launch of Google
Entrepreneurs Larry Page and Sergey Brin register the domain of Google.com, the aim of this was to organize a seemingly infinite amount of information and data on the web. -
AOL Instant messenger
AOL Instant messenger was created in May 1997 and had the largest share of the internet messaging market in North America. -
MSN Messenger!
MSN messenger was created by Microsoft. The name was MSN messenger from 1999 to 2006 but then was renamed to Windows Live Messenger -
Firefox was created!
The co-founders of Mozilla Firefox is Blake Ross along with Dave Hyatt. -
Skype was created!
Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis were the founders of Skype. Skype was originally called Skyper. -
Facebook was created!
Mark Zuckerberg created facebook which was a social-networking websites for students, specifically for the students at Harvard University. -
Youtube was created!
Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, Jawed Karim invented Youtube which was a video sharing website -
Internet milestone!
As of this year there has had an estimated amount of 92 million websites! -
Twitter was created!
Evan Williams, Noah Glass, Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone created Twitter which is a social media website where people could post "tweet" on their timelines. -
Instagram was created!
Kevin Systrom, Mike Krieger were the founders of Instagram. Instagram is a video/photo sharing social media website/app -
Snapchat was created!
Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy, and Reggie Brown created Snapchat. Snapchat is a social media app where people can converse or express themselves through pictures.
