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Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA)
Found a way that computers can talk to each other in case of
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computers at Stanford and UCLA connected for the first time
The first hosts on what would one day
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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 to 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 user name from the computer name (which later on became the domain name) -
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). -
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
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
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 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 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
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
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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Amazon
Amazon created
Amazon is a popular shopping site with a wide variety of items to buy. Originally only had books. -
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Google
Google created
Google is the most popular search engine used today. The Google company is now huge, and also provides a suite not unlike Microsoft office suite. -
Wikipedia
Wikipedia created
Wikipedia is a free site that provides information that almost anyone can edit. -
Facebook
Facebook created
Facebook is a social media site where people post pictures and things that they are doing -
Youtube
Youtube created
Youtube is a video sharing site where you can upload videos, leave comments, and subscribe to users who's videos you like -
Reddit
Reddit created
Reddit is a message board that people talk to eachother on, and can post pictures to comment on -
Windows Live
Windows Live created
Microsoft's web services for multiplayer games, email, OneDrive, mobile apps, and their search engine Bing -
Twitter
Twitter created
Twitter is a social media site where people can share images and comments and give updates about their life -
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Instagram
Instagram created
Instagram is a photo sharing site, where people can comment on eachothers pictures
