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History of the Internet

  • Microsoft Word

    Microsoft Word
    The first version of Microsoft Word is released. Microsoft Word is a letter writing program.
  • Avast!

    Avast!
    Avast! is released. Avast! is a free anti virus software.
  • One of the first ISPs opens

    The first commercial dialup ISP in the United States was opened in this year. The name of the ISP is "The World".
  • Modern Internet

    The modern internet is created in this year.
  • Yahoo!

    Yahoo!
    Yahoo! is founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo. Yahoo! is a multinational technology company.
  • Newgrounds Inc.

    Newgrounds Inc.
    The company is founded. They have a site on which you can dump your terrible rom hack on.
  • Adobe Flash Player

    Adobe Flash Player
    It is released in this year. It is used to make up about 74.99% free games on the internet
  • Google

    Google
    Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Is a superior search engine.
  • LimeWire

    LimeWire
    LimeWire is released. It was used to trade files.
  • DeviantArt

    DeviantArt
    DeviantArt is launched. DeviantArt is a site where people upload pictures they so the whole world can see them.
  • Wikipedia

    Wikipedia
    Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger launched the site. Wikipedia is the library of the internet.
  • Skype

    Skype
    Skype is released. Skype is a communication program.
  • Steam

    Steam
    Steam is released. Steam is a digital distribution platform developed by Valve Corporation
  • CCleaner

    CCleaner
    CCleaner is released. CCleaner is a program programmed to rid your computer of unwanted files.
  • Mozilla Firefox

    Mozilla Firefox
    Firefox is released. Firefox is a free and open source web browser.
  • Unity (game engine)

    Unity (game engine)
    Unity is released. Unity is a cross platform game engine.
  • µTorrent

       µTorrent
    µTorrent is released. It is a BitTorrent client.
  • Tumblr

    Tumblr
    Tumblr is founded. Tumblr is a blogging website in which you can upload images or post words and search for things by tags.
  • Bing

    Bing
    Bing is unveiled by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. Bing is a web search engine.
  • Google Chrome

    Google Chrome
    A stable release is available to the public. Google Chrome is a web browser and the only one you would ever need.
  • Twitch.tv

    Twitch.tv
    Twitch.tv is launched. Twitch.tv is a live streaming platform.