Mike Johnson's History of the Internet Timeline

  • Advanced Research Projects Agency

    Advanced Research Projects Agency
    • 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
    • The first hosts on what would one day become 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)
  • The beginning of TCP/IP

    The 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)
  • Microsoft

    Microsoft
    Microsoftis a corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics and personal computers and services
  • Apple

    Apple
    is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, online services, and personal computers.
  • 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 is born

    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

    MUD
    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.
  • AOL

    AOL
    AOL is a brand company, committed to continuously innovating, growing, and investing in brands and experiences that inform, entertain, and connect the world.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Google

    Google is an American multinational corporation specializing in Internet-related services and products. These include online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, and software.
  • internet Explorer

    internet Explorer
    A application that gives you that ablitiy to search anything you want at anytime.
  • Skype

    Skype
    On skype you can call or video chat over the computer or the phone. It is a application and a download.
  • Twitter

    Twitter
    Twitter is a social networking and microblogging service that allows you answer the question.
  • Instagram

    Instagram
    Social media for uploading photos
  • Skyrim

    Skyrim
    Skyrim is an action role-playing video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks.
  • Call of Duty black ops 2

    Call of Duty black ops 2
    Call of Duty Black Ops 2 is a first-person shooter developed by Treyarch and published by Activision.