Internet History

By kunwar44

  • CERN

    Created.

  • Advanced Research Projects Agency Network

    First Created

  • Apple Computer

    Founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak

  • Internet

    Created

  • Nexus

    Created

  • Mosaic

    First Web browser

  • Yahoo

    First Created

  • WikiWikiWeb

    Ward Cunningham installs the first user-editable website on a server, naming it WikiWikiWeb. He developed the software himself to help programmers exchange ideas more easily. It was named after a Honolulu airport employee directed Cunningham to the "Wiki Wiki Shuttle", which drives passengers between airport terminals.

  • Google

    Born

  • iTunes

    Created

  • Wikipedia

    Wikipedia.com and Wikipedia.org formally open to the internet.

  • Non-English Wikipedia

    The first non-English Wikipedia opens, with French, German, Catalan, Swedish and Italian sites all in place by the end of May.

  • Server Crash

    Nupedia's servers crash and it goes offline. It never returns.

  • Fundraising

    The first of Wikipedia's annual fundraising drives takes place after a crash means the site is unstable for a week surrounding Christmas. More than $30,000 is raised.

  • Facebook

    Created

  • Youtube

    Created

  • Twitter

    First tweet sent

  • Accounts

    Wikipedia passes 5,000,000 registered editor accounts.

  • Instagram

    Created

  • Vine

    Created