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Advanced Research Projects Agency
Found a way that computers can talk to one another in case of nuclear attack. -
Computers at Stanford and UCLA connect for the first time.
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An Arpanet network was established
Network between Harvard, MIT, and BBN (the company that created the "interface message processor" computers used to connect 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 username from the computer name (which later became the domain name) -
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) -
The first Personal Computer Modern is invented
The modern 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 were debuted
The precursor to World of Warcraft and Second Life was was developed in 1979, and was called MUD (short for MultiUser Dungeon). MUDs were entirely text-based virtual worlds, combining the elments 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 in 1979, it was Scott Falman 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 then converted it to the IP addresses. -
World Wide Web protocols 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 1991
This 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 was, its purpose was to explain what the World Wide Web was. -
eBay is founded
eBay was one of the first "auction web" sites, and it's influence is still prevalent today.
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Netflix is created
Netflix, which once mailed films to your home, turned into one of the most used video-streaming service ever.
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MySpace is created
MySpace was the big bang of all the social media websites nowadays, like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram,Tumblr, etc.
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Valve Softworks creates Steam
Steam allows the user for installation and updates of games, with other social parts, such as friends lists. The amount of Steam Games available now are almost endless, and have more than 100 million accounts.
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Facebook is created
Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook in 2004, and it soon rose to popularity and now is one of the most used forms of social media.
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YouTube is founded
YouTube was and is one of the most important elements of modern video-sharing today. YouTube is now bought by Google, and creators can now make a living off of YouTube.
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Tumblr is Created
Tumblr's blogging changed the format of blogging for many sites, and is used by many celebrities and holds 317 million blogs today.
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Psy releases Gangnam Style
Gangnam Style, the K-pop sensation was released July of 2012 and the video quickly became the most viewed video of all time.
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Google Classroom is created
Google Classroom provided an easier way for students and teachers to hand out and work on assignments.
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