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Advanced Research Project Agency (ARPA) is created
Found a way tha computes can talk to each other in case of nuclear attacks. -
Stanford + UCLA
The first hosts on what would one day become the internet. -
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. -
E-mail was first developed
Developed by Ray Tomlinson, who also made the decision to use the "@" symbol tosperate the use name from the computer name (which later on ecame 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 words, 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 to HTML, HTTP, and URL's. -
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. -
When Amazon was Founded
In Bellevue, WA, Amazon was created and is now one of the most popular commerce websites in the world. It has a wide variety of sales, and is now more commonly used than E-Bay. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon.com) -
Creation of E-Bay
The "Auction-Web" was founded in 1995 in California by French born Iranian-American Pierre Omidyar. In 2008, the website expanded world wide, and was very common around the world.
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The Making of MySpace
MySpace was the first social media website ever, and was popular in the early 2000's. Founders were Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe. It was an interactive chat website for friends to communicate through. -
The Social Network
Creator, Mark Zuckerberg, who is now world famous, created the most popular social media website ever. -
The Creation of Youtube
Founders, Chad Hurley and Steven Chen created the most popular website in the world to date, where anyone can upload videos about anything, and has turned into a huge money maker for thousands of people on YouTube. -
The Invention of Twitter
In March of 2006, Twitter was created by Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, Biz Stone, and Noah Glass. It was then launched in July of 2006, and became wildly popular around the world. Google.com -
The Creation of Instagram
In October 2010, two men from Stanford University released a small photo sharing app on the App Store (Apple). Soon they had more users and employees than ever expected. It was hen bought by Facebook for $1 billion. -
The Creation of Snapchat
Snapchat was made by three men at Stanford University, Evan Spiegal, Bobby Murphy, and Reggie Brown. It is now one if not the most popular app in America, and is used constantly by teens and young adults everyday. Wikipedia
