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U.S. Department of Defense
Created ARPA to keep its technology ahead of the soviets -
ARPANET
[Link text] https://www.britannica.com/topic/ARPANET
Advanced Research Projects Agency Network, first was funded by the U.S. department of defense. -
ARPANET Launch
Computer scientist Lawrence and his student successfully sent message using ARPANET from IMP to a computer. -
The First Email
Ray Tomlinson created the network electronic mail, using the "@" symbol to connect a username to the destination address. -
"Creep System"
An experimental self-replicating virus -
World Wide Web
Created by English software engineer, Tim Berners-Lee.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VM4-OAznWA -
The Gore Bill
Al Gore was the 45th Vice President who created the High-Performance Computing and Communications Act of 1991
https://www.internethalloffame.org/inductees/al-gore -
Yahoo!
Founded by two graduate students from Stanford University, David Filo and Jerry Yang -
Banner Ads
Ads promoting brands were published, forever changing the internet and creating the newest way of advertising. -
Cadabra
Online bookstore created by Jeff Bezos, which later turned into what we know today as Amazon -
Napster
Was a peer to peer file-sharing network created by brothers Shawn and John Fanning.
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Netflix
Offered online subscriptions where DVDs were then mailed to customers. -
Facebook
One of the largest social media platforms with over a billion users. Created by Mark Zuckerberg at the age of 19 and prior student at Harvard University. -
Youtube
Official Launch was on December 15, 2005 originally designed for people to their share home videos.
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Twitch
A massive live stream platform for gamers, that really took off in 2014 when a stream involving Pokemon went viral. -
Biggest Hack
Yahoo faced one of the biggest hacks ever, over 3 billion accounts were affected. Usernames, passwords, names, birthdate, security questions were all compromised. -
Apply pay
The first mobile payment and digital wallet option for all users of the iPhone. Followed by google in 2018 -
Websites Today
Over 1.8 billion websites have been created to assist people for all sorts of needs and desires. -
Online Shopping
Online shopping is continuously growing and is expected by the year of 2023, to make up 22% of all retail sales.
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First Website Launched
Time Berners-Lee launched the first website to the public
http://info.cern.ch/