internet timeline

By pconnelly
  • first computer was made

    first computer was made

    the first computer was manufactured by john mauchly
  • Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) is created

    Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) 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

    The first hosts on what would one day
    become the Internet.

  • An Arpanet network was established

    Network between Harvard, MIT, and BBN (the company that created the
    "interface message processor" computers used to connect to the network) in 1970 was created.
  • Email was first developed

    Email was first developed

    Developed by Ray Tomlinson, who also made the decision to use the "@" symbol to separate
    the user name from the computer name (which later on became the domain name)

  • The beginning of TCP/IP

    A proposal was published to link Arpa-like networks together into a so-called "inter-network",
    which would have no central control and would work around a transmission control protocol (which eventually became TCP/IP).
  • mircosoft is founded

    mircosoft is founded

    Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software, services, and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.
  • apple

    apple

    The original Apple computer was invented in 1976 by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs

  • 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

    Spam is born

    The first unsolicited commercial email message(later known as spam), was sent out to 600 California
    Arpanet users by Gary Thuerk.
  • MUD – The earliest form of multiplayer games was debuted

    MUD – The earliest form of multiplayer games was debuted

    The precursor to 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 :-)

    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.
  • first virus was sent

    first virus was sent

    the first viris was sent by Basit and Amjad Farooq Alvi and they faced jail time and a 20000 dollor fine
  • first wireless mouse

    first wireless mouse

    Logitech invents and releases the world's first wireless mouse in 1991.
  • google was created

    google was created

    one of the most poplour searh engines was created
  • facebook is created

    facebook is created

    Created By Mark Zuckerburg in February 4, 2004.