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The first laptop was known as the Dynabook. It was invented by Alan Kay. [http://www.laptop-lcd-screen.co.uk/laptopparts/historyofthelaptopcomputer.asp](www.laptop-lcd-screen.co.uk)
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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 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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Apple Computer is founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. www.webopedia.com
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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
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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 application was first released under the name of Microsoft Word. [http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Evolution-of-Microsoft-Word---History&id=3073591](www.ezinearticles.com)
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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 an 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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The first search engine for the World Wide Web, Yahoo, is established. www.high-speed-internet-access-guide.com
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The independent programming language, JAVA, is created by Jim Gosling at Sun Microsystems. [http://www.siliconvalleyhistorical.org/home/internet_timeline](www.siliconvalleyhisotorical.org)
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Google is founded hoping to improve the quality of search results. www.high-speed-internet-access-guide.com
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Facebook is founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [http://www.siliconvalleyhistorical.org/home/internet_timeline](www.siliconvalleyhistorical.org)
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Internet Worm, called MyDoom or Novarg, spreads through Internet servers. About 1 in 12 email messages are infected. Read more: Internet Timeline — Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0193167.html#ixzz288vsxinn www.infoplease.com
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YouTube.com is launched. www.infoplease.com
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The first tweet was sent on March 21, 2006 by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey. [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/21/twitter-first-tweet-fifth-anniversary_n_838280.html](www.huffingtonpost.com)
