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Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA)
Found a way that computers can talk to each other in case of a nuclear attack. -
computers at Stanford and UCLA connect 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 1rst Developed
Developed by Ray Tomlinson, who made the decision to use the "@" symbol to separate the username from the computer name (which later on became the domain name) -
The Beggining 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 TCIP/IP -
Creation of Apple
Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne create the Company of Apple by making their first product. The product was a computer with a type writer keyboard that could connect to a regular TV. source -
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 of MultiUser Dungeon). MUD's 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 than 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 URL's. -
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. -
Wireless Fidelity (Wifi) is inented
Vic Hayes invents Wifi in 1991, intended for the use in cashier systems. Wifi is something used to connect technology over a wireless signal. Wifi evolves over the years and now almost everyone who uses technology has wifi at home. source -
The creation of Google
Larry Paige and Sergey Brin meet at Stanford and register Google as a domain. In 1996, Google only operated on Stanford servers. Google evolves over time until it becomes the search engine it is today. source -
First Social Media Website- 6 Degrees
6 Degrees was the first social media website that enabled users to make a profile and find friends. This started the social media world and there has been tons of social media websites ever since. source -
Creation of Netflix
Reed Hastings and Marc Rudolph were 2 software engineers that invented Netflix in 1997. In 1997 they were sending the DVD's to the renters instead of streaming them like they do today. In July of 2016, Netflix had 83 million paid subscribers world wide. source -
Creation of Facebook
Facebook was created in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg to connect with his friends and his family much easier. In 2004 it was originally made to have a smaller network connected with only his friends and family. Because of Facebook, there has been tons of websites created for the same purposes Facebook is used. source -
YouTube is Created
In 2005, YouTube was invented by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. They invented the website so for people to watch and share original videos world wide. People could make an account and share videos with the web. source -
Invention of Facetime
Steve jobs announces Facetime with the I-phone 4 at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference. source -
Invention of Instagram
Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger launch the app in 2010. By April of 2012 they had 100 million users and made a billion dollars in 551 days. Instagram is getting more popular every day and is one of the biggest social media apps. source -
Creation of Snapchat
The creators of snap chat show their snap chat ideas to his other Stanford classmates. The classmates went crazy about it so they made it an only IOS device app. When it was first launched it was named "pica boo" source
