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Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) is created
Found a way that computers can talk to each other in case of a 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 projector computers used to connect to the network) in 1970 was created. -
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 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 gave no central control and would work around a transmission control protocol (which eventually became TCP/IP). -
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(later known as spam), was sent out to 600 California Arpanet users by Gary Thuerk. -
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 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 first 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. -
The first Mac computer
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The first mac computer was created by the company known as Macintosh, which was ran by Steve Jobs. These computers are still being used today, just upgraded versions of them. -
World Wide Web protocol finished
The code for the World Wide Web was written by Tim Berners-Lee, based on his proposal from the year before, along with the standards for HTML, HTTP and URLs. -
First web page created
Brought some major innovations to the world of the internet. The first web page was created and, much like the first email was, its purpose was to explain what the world wide web was. -
The first text message
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A 22 year old Canadian engineer sat down, and used his phone to send a message to Richard Jarvis. The message was "Merry Christmas". Ever since, we can not stop texting. It eventually beat out email and some texting even requires internet access nowadays. -
Creation of Google
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Google was created by two PhD students from Stanford University. It is and continues to be the Internets most reliable search engine. -
First Online Gaming Console
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The first ever online gaming console is known as the Sega Dreamcast, which was created by the company known as Sega. The Dreamcast came with a modem, which gave the players the ability to play against or with other players online. This created an enormous breakthrough in online gaming. -
Steam's Creation
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When Steam was created, it was created for the sake of Valve, a company that creates video games such as Counter Strike and Left 4 Dead, wanting to spread out their games to people worldwide and to make a profit off of it. It was and still is now one of the best way to get online games on your computer. -
Creation of Facebook
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Facebook, one of the most popular social media cites, was created by Mark Zuckerberg so people could easily communicate with each other. -
YouTube's Creation
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YouTube was created by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim. It was created for the sake of spreading information through videos, however, it blew up and became popular and is now used for entertainment. -
Most popular online game to date was created
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The game that is played by millions, League of Legends, was released. This game changed online gaming as it was the first game that they had tournaments for, which began the idea of eSports. In 2014, League of Legends had 27 million active daily players, and they had 67 million active monthly players. -
Twitch was created
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Twitch was created from Twitch International, a company that was trying to make a website to rival another game streaming website. Twitch quickly blew up and became the main hub for random streams and eSports competitions, allowing anyone around the world to watch. -
The first .io game was created
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The first of many .io games was created. The game, known as Agar.io, started a large chain of games that is extremely popular.
