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Intergalactic Computer Network
J.C.R Licklider makes the idea of an intergalactic network popular. This results in failing and successful prototypes being introduced and rejected. -
Packet Switching
Packet switching a method that successfully transmits electronic data was put in to concept by computer scientists. This is what is now being used as one of the biggest building blocks of the internet -
Invention of the ARPANET
The ARPANET or the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network was the first workable prototype of the internet. The ARPANET allowed multiple computers to communicate on one single network. -
TCP/IP
A regulation of how to transmit data through many networks was developed by scientists Robert Kahn and Vinton Cerf. It was called The Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol or TCP/IP. -
Email
Network Email is introduced by Ray Tomlinson -
Telenet
The commercial version of the arpanet is introduced with an internet service provider. Both of these were called Telenet. -
Adoption of TCP/IP
Transmission Control protocol and Internet Protocol is officially the new regulation for transmitting data through multiple networks. It has not changed since this date till 2018 -
Domain Name System
The Domain Name System starts to use endings such as .net, .com.au etc.
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HTML
Tim Berners-Lee develops Hypertext Markup Language this had a large impact on viewing of data and is still having a large impact now. -
The World Wide Web
The invention that is used by majority of the world's population, the world wide web is invented by Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau and introduce by CERN. -
First Video and Audio
The first video and audio published on the Internet -
Yahoo
The search engine yahoo is created by two young graduates from Stanford University, Jerry Yang and David Philo -
Google
The most used search engine in the world is born named after the number googol , Google search. Made by Larry Page, the founder and former CEO of google. -
Safari web browser, skype and Myspace
Safari web browser, Skype and myspace come out and are used immediately by 10 million users around the world -
Facebook
Mark Zuckerburg develops and launches facebook, the most used website in this generation -
Mozilla fire fox
A software that allows you to access the world wide web, Mozilla fire fox is launched. -
Youtube
Youtube, the largest audio and video browser is launched by Google. -
Twitter
Twitter a social media site used by over 200 million people is launched by Jack Dorsey tweeting "just setting up my twttr" -
Pinterest and Instagram
2 photo sharing websites are launched, Instagram and Pinterest -
Online Banking
Online banking is used by majority of non minors according to a survey conducted in The US.
