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Found a way that computers can talk to each other in case of nuclear attack
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When the mouse was created using the computer became much easier with more movement and easier way to access things. source
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The first hosts on what would one day become the internet
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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.
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Developed by Ray Tomilson, 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)
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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).
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With personal computers being created many business would buy many of them for their workers and this lead into the popularity of microcomputers. source
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Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak creating apple is one of the most important events in internet history. Apple is one of the most well known businesses ever. source
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The modem was invented by Dennis Hayes and Dale Heatherington, and was introduced and initially sold to computer hobbyists.
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The first unsolicited commercial email message(later known as spam), was sent out to 600 California Arpanet users by Gary Thuerk.
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The precursor to World of Warcraft and Second Life was developed in 1979, and was called MUD (short for Multi User Dungeon). MUDs were entirely text-based virtual worlds, combining elements of role-playing games, interactive, fiction, and online chat.
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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.
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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 compare to its numerical IP address counterparts. DNS servers allowed internet users to type in a easy-to-remember domain name and then converted it to the IP address automatically.
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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.
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Brought some major innovations to the world of the internet. The first web page was created and, much like the first email explained what email was, its purpose was to explain what the World Wide Web was.
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Yahoo was one of the very important early pioneers of the internet. It has many uses such as being a search engine and even having its own email. source
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This online shopping website was founded in 1995 and has been very successful and has been a go to website for a long time and continues to be successful.
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Google was one of the first search engines and still is one of the most used ones. source
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A social media account that was the most used since LinkedIn and surpassed it in users source
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YouTube is the biggest video surfacing platform in the world, it is know world wide and has millions of accounts. source
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Twitter Is one of the biggest social media websites right now and is and is very important in the social media world. source
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Instagram is a social media app where you can post photos and videos privately or publicly. Facebook ended up buying the app and it has grown a lot since. source
