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Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA)
Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) is 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-
The first hosts on what would one day
become the Internet. -
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)
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
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. -
Ebay (opened under the name Web Auction)
eBay is an online auction site/store which users sell their items to the person with the highest bid. One of the first items sold on the website was a broken laser pointer for 14 dollars. -
Pay Pal is open!
Paypal is a money transaction tool, makes most online money transactions easier to do. Paypal can be used on Ebay, facebook games, steam, and more! -
ThinkGeek is born!
ThinkGeek is an online store based around 'Geeky' merchandise, find things from Game of Thrones pins to Minecraft shirts. ThinkGeek has spy gear, survival gear, cooking equipment, and more. -
Pandora Radio starts to play
Pandora is an online radio, where users can select the genre of music they like, and dislike certain songs they dont, so that Pandora can make more persice music selections.
It currently has 76.4 Million active users. -
Steam is Created
Steam is an online video game store, which allows you to buy games quicker and easier, it also allows indie game companies to get a faster start. -
Facebook was created
Facebook,a social media site, was made to connect college students at Havard, but soon took off and is now used by people around the world to connect with their friends.
It currently has 1.317 Billion active users -
Gmail was created
Gmail is google's email, let's you connect to youtube, Google+, and more. Making a Gmail account will allow you to gain acess to GoogleDrive, an online free version of Microsoft office, blogspot, which lets a user create their own customised blog.
Currently it has 425 Million users. -
Youtube opens
Youtube is a video posting site, owned by google, which users can upload videos, subscribe to other peoples channels, and express their hatred for Justin Bieber in the comment section. Youtube helps people become famous and millionaires without even being good at acting, the youtuber with the most subscribers (30 million) made over 4 million dollars last year. -
The Sims 3 enters the internet
The sims 3 though a computer game which can be bought online or in stores, now has more online ties than any sims games, it has an online exchange store, where players can trade items or houses that they have made, and the SimStore where players can buy exclusive items -
Happy Wheels is created
Happy Wheels is a web browser game in which a player controls a biker to go through obsticals. This game has been played by a huge amounts of youtubers, and countless numbers of kids.
