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Advanced Research Projects Agency is created
Found a way that computers can talk to each other in case of nuclear attack. -
Computers at Stanford and UCLA connected for the first time
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An arpanet network was established
Network between Harvard, MIT, and BBN in 1970 was created -
Email was first developed
Developed by Ray Tomlinson, who also made the the decision to use the "@" symbol to separate the user name from the computer name -
The beginning of TCP/IP
A proposal was published to link Arpa-like networks together into a so-called "inter-networks" which would have no central control and would work around a transmission control protocol -
Microsoft is crated
Microsoft is a company that makes computer software, gaming consoles, and phones. Source -
Apple is created
Apple is an electronic making company that also owns Beats and other companies. Source -
The first personal computer modem is invented
the modem was invented by Dennis Hayes and Dale Heatherington, and was introduced and initially sold to computer hobbyists. -
Spam is born
the first unsolicited commercial email message, was sent out to 600 California Arpanet users by Gary Thuerk. -
MUD-the earliest form of multiplayer games was debuted
The precursor of World of Warcraft and Second Life was developed in 1979, and was called MUD (short for MultiUser Dungeon.) MUDs were entirely text-based virtual worlds, combining elements of role playing games, interactive, fiction, and online chat. -
The first emoticon :-)
The first emoticon was used, while many people credit Kevin MacKenzie with the invention of the emoticon in 1979. It was Scott Fahlman in 1982 who proposed using :-) after a joke, rather than the original -) proposed by MacKenzie. -
The domain name system was created
The first Domain Name Servers (DNS) was created. The domain name system was important in that it made addresses on the Internet more human-friendly compared to its numerical IP address counterparts. DNS servers allowed Internet users to type in an easy-to-remember domain name and then converted it to the IP address automatically. -
World Wide Web protocols finished
The code for the World Wide web was written by Tim Berners-Lee, based on his proposal from the year before, along witgh the standards for HTML, HTTP, and URLs. -
The first web page created
The first web page was created and, much like the first email explained what email was, its purpose was to explain what the World Wide Web was. -
Amazon is created
A company that sells thing on the internet -
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Youtube is created
YouTube is an video-sharing website, that started out as a dating website.
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Cookie Clicker is created
Cookie Clicker is game that you click a cookie to get more cookies. Source
