Macey's History of the Internet Timeline.

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  • ARPA was created

    ARPA was created

    Found a way that computers can talk to each other in case of
    nuclear attack
  • Computers at Stanford and UCLA connected for the first time

    Computers at Stanford and UCLA connected for the first time

    [ Stanford and UCLA computers worked. ](The first hosts on what would one daybecome the Internet.)
  • An Arpanet network was established

    An Arpanet network was established

    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
  • Email was first developed.

    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 on became the domain name)
  • Thebeginning of TCP/IP

    Thebeginning 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 Modem is Invented

    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 was born

    Spam was 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

    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

    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 domain name system was created

    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 and then converted it to the IP address
    automatically
  • : World Wide Web protocols finished

    : 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.
  • The first search engine

    The first search engine

    Archie the first known search engine has made its place in history with the name of Archie
  • First web page created 1991

    First web page created 1991

    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.
  • The Day Texing was Invented

    The Day Texing was Invented

    Youtube Creation
  • When Yahoo was created

    When Yahoo was created

    yahooYahoo is globally known for its Web portal, search engine Yahoo! Search, and related services
  • When Ask was created

    When Ask was created

    AskAsk.com is a question answering-focused web search engine
  • When was google invented?

    When was google invented?

    Google creationGoogle Inc. is an American multinational technology company specializing in Internet-related services and products. These include online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, and software
  • When facebook was created

    When facebook was created

    facebookFacebook is an online social networking service headquartered in Menlo Park, California. Its website was launched on February 4, 2004
  • When Gmail was Created

    When Gmail was Created

    gmailGoogle's email breakthrough was almost three years in the making. But it wasn't a given that it would reach the public at all.
  • The Day Youtube Was Created

    The Day Youtube Was Created

    Youtube cration
  • When Bing was created

    When Bing was created

    BingBing is a web search engine from Microsoft.
  • When Vine was created

    When Vine was created

    VineVine is a short-form video sharing service where users can share six second-long looping video clips