history of the internet timeline patrick carroll

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  • electronic computer

    The first electronic computer was created in Japan By Hideo Yamachito.

  • storing info

    The Government had received the first computer the UNIVAC 1101 which could store memory on the computer itself.

  • creation of ARPA

    President Eisenhower request to create ARPA was approved

  • ARPA begins

    Arpa project begins with Larry Roberts as it's Chief Scientist

  • Link

    The first link of the ARPAnet was made between the University of California-Los Angeles and the Stanford research Institute.

  • email

    Ray Tomlinson developed email and his first one was "QWERTYUIOP“.

  • eBooks

    Around the world people started to make books and other documents in the public domain available electronically for free.

  • internetwork?

    People proposed to link all of the Arpa-like networks together into one larger network ( an internetwork)

  • Spam!

    Gary Thuersent sent the worlds first spam out to 600 Arpanet users.

  • MUD

    MUD's (multi-user dungeons) were the earliest online multiplayer games.

  • BITNET

    Was the first cooperative network from University of New York to Yale, and mas used to transfer files, e-mail, and distribute information.

  • Internet language and intetnet

    TCP/IP is the language of most internet computers. This was the first time the networks were seen as the internet

  • First Domain

    XF.com purchased their internet address from the Symbolics company.

  • Morris worm

    First virus on the internet was sent and 6,000 computers were infected.

  • Internet Comm

    Internet Relay Chat(IRC) made it easier and faster to communication using the Internet.

  • web page &webcam

    First web page created to explain what the world wide web was and the1st webcam was deployed at a Cambridge University computer lab

  • mosaic

    Mosaic was the 1st graphical web browser created for the general public.

  • Pizza and navigation

    Netscape Navigator: Mosaic’s first big competitor was made and Pizza Hut offers pizza ordering on its web page now.

  • Commercialization of the Internet

    SSL created, making it safer to conduct financial transactions. EBay,Amazon.com, and JavaScript started.

  • email service

    The first Email service Hotmail was launched

  • Google and Napster

    Google and Napster were started.

  • Increased Bandwidth

    We Increased Bandwidth

  • Search engines

    Google and Yahoo get extremely updated.

  • Smart Phones

    Smart Phones become pretty common for people to have.

  • Increased use of Internet

    Places like the Middle East and Africa are starting to use the internet.