Nicole DeShan's History of the Internet Timeline

By ndeshan
  • Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) is Created

    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

    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 wused 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)
  • 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- The Earliest Form of Multiplayer Games was Debuted

    MUD- The Earliest Form of Multiplayer Games was Debuted
    The precursor to World of Warcraft and Second Life was elements of role-plyaing 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 Scot 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 domian name system was important in that it made addresses on the Internet more human-friendly compared to its numerical IP address counteroarts DNS servers allowed Internet users to type in an easy-to-remember domain name and then converted it to the IP address automattically.
  • 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
    Broought some major innovations to the world of the Internet.; The first web page was created and, much like the email explained what eail was, its purpose was to explain what the World Wide Web was.
  • Amazon was Created

    Amazon was Created
    Amazon is an international company that is the world's largest online retailer
  • Internet Explorer was Created

    Internet Explorer was Created
    Internet Explorer is a web browsers developed by Microsoft.
  • Yahoo! Was Created

    Yahoo! Was Created
    Yahoo! is an American international Internet corporation. It is globally known for its, search engine Yahoo Search, and related services.
  • Google Was Invented

    Google Was Invented
    GoogleGoogle is a large American corporation using Internet services. These include search, cloud computing, software and online advertising technologies
  • Safari was Created

    Safari was Created
    Safari is a web browser developed by Apple Inc.
  • Skype was Created

    Skype was Created
    Skype allows you to communicate by using a microphone, a webcam, and instant messaging.
  • Youtube was Created

    Youtube was Created
    Youtube is a free video-sharing website.
  • Tumblr Was Created

    Tumblr Was Created
    Tumblr is a microblogging and social networking site.
  • Twitter Was Created

    Twitter Was Created
    Twitter is a social networking site that lets users send and read "tweets", which are text messages limited to 140 characters
  • Wifi Was Created

    Wifi Was Created
    Wifi is a technology that allows an electronic device to internet wirelessly using radio waves.