Internet History

By thomalex96

  • The USSR launched the first satellite into orbit.

    The Sputnik was the first ever satellite sent into orbit by the Russain USSR.

  • Arpa was created.

    Arpa (Advanced research project Agency) was created by the US government.

  • The microchip was created.

  • The floppy disc was invented.

  • Nodes started to pop up in major colleges.

    Nodes or Networking connection point began to make its way into colleges in 1969.

  • First internet message was sent.

    UCLA sent the first internet message to the Stanford research institute.

  • Alohanet was created.

    The Alohanet was the first radio transmission to use random packets was created at the University of Hawaii.

  • The first email service is created.

    Ray Tomlinson invents the first email program.

  • The first mass marketed personal computer.

    The Apple ll was created as the first mass marketed personal computer.

  • National Science foundation created computer science.

  • Computer Science Research Network hits 70 million online sites.

  • NSFNET was created, creating a backbone of 5 supercomputers for the internet.

  • The Pentium processor is created by Intel.

  • The computer language JAVA is released.

  • Facebook was launched.

  • Instagram was released.

  • Google has searched over 1 trillion different URL's.

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