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Found a way that computers can talk to each other in case of nuclear attack.
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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 Tomlinson, who also made the decision to use the "@" symbol to separate the username 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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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 messenger (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 MultiUser 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 compared 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 first website to ever create a website name on the domain was a website called "symbolics", and was created in Massachusetts. It is still active as a historic site.
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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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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 what the World Wide Web was.
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The first wireless internet connection, although extremely slow, was a major breakthrough. This meant that computers wouldn't necessarily have to be connected to the wall all the time for internet access. The project was run by AT&T, and was originally intended to be used for cashier systems.
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The first photo to ever uploaded to the web was a photo of Les Horribles Cernettes, female parody pop group. It was uploaded by the creator of the web, Tim Berners-Lee.
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The first webcam was used in an office building, so employees could view how full the coffee pot was. Since then a large interest in such cameras has spiked, and follower sites such as Skype have popped up.
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The first American OnLine message was sent by Ted Leonis. It was to his wife, and read "Don't be scared.... it is me. Love you and miss you.". She soon responded with "Wow....this is so cool!"
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The first online ad was run by Joe McCambley, and sponsored by AT&T. It was a colorful banner ad promoting 7 art museums.
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The first search engine still exists today, but is also hardly heard of; a site called Archie. Launched 4 years before even Google, it provided a full-text search of the internet.
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The first song to ever be offered for digital download was "Head First" by Aerosmith track. However, the song took between 60-90 minutes to download, just to listen to a song that lasted only 3 minutes, so song downloads weren't immediately very popular.
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Being that Amazon started as an online book seller, it makes sense that the first item ever bought off the site was a book titled "Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies". Since then, Amazon has changed the way we shop, and offers almost endless products from hundreds of brands.
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Although it was not the first social media site, Facebook became very popular very fast. Today it is still active, and has gained over 1 billion users.
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