Internet Timeline

LOGIN

1960

The first message ever transmitted was "LOG" since the "G" cause the system to crash before "LOGIN" could be typed.

The inventor of email tried to keep it a secret

1971

Ray Tomlinson created a program that would send messages between two different computers and created email in the process. He didn't want anyone to know about it since it wasn't what he was supposed to be working on.

Introduction of "Internet"

1974

The "Internet Transmission Control Program" booklet first introduced the shortening of the term "internetworking" to "internet".

Steve Jobs indirectly helped create the internet

1985

He was fired from Apple and created the NeXT computer which he sold to only one person, who happened to be Tim Berners-Lee.

The entire web used to be one computer

1989

Tim Berners-Lee invented the first world wide web, which he kept on his personal computer.

First Webcam

1991

The first webcam was introduced in 1991 when Cambridge University used it to monitor a pot of coffee

Commercial online activity was once banned

1992

Congress passed the Scientific Advanced Technology Act which allowed commercial activity online.

First Banner Ad

1994

The first banner ad came to the internet in 1994 as part of AT&T ad campaign.

First ever YouTube video

2005

The first YouTube video was uploaded by Jawed Karin and was 18 seconds long.

Internet Terrorism

2008

5 deep-sea cables that provided Internet connectivity to the Middle East were cut and internet terrorism began.

Sources

2019

-https://www.businessinsider.com/10-crazy-facts-from-internet-history-2013-6#youtubes-copyright-checking-software-scans-over-100-years-of-video-every-day-2 -https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/18-fun-interesting-facts-knew-internet/ -https://www.safervpn.com/blog/10-surprising-internet-history-facts/