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Creation of ARPANET
The first node is connected to the internet's military ancestor, ARPANET. With no HQ and the ability to bounce messages between surviving nodes until they reach their destination, ARPANET was intended to be America's bomb-proof communications network at the height of the Cold War. -
the bulletin board system and news groups
this is when uers log in to the system using a terminal program and once logged in can upload and download software and data, reading news and bulletins and exchange messages. -
In 1971 the first ARPANET email was sent
In 1971 the first ARPANET email was sent. -
Prodject Gutenburg
Project Gutenberg is a volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works, to "encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks". It was founded in 1971 by Michael S. Hart and is the oldest digital library. Most of the items in its collection are the full texts of public domain books. The project tries to make these as free as possible, in long-lasting, open formats that can be used on almost any computer. As of July 2012, Project Gutenberg claimed over 40,000 items in its colle -
The term 'internet' is being used
the term 'internet' is now being used. -
university of london connects to aparnet
on July 25, 1973, the University College London node of the ARPANET passed its first data packets between London and the Information Sciences Institute in California, USA. This is believed to be the first instance of an international heterogeneous computer network; here I am distinguishing it from specialised systems like air traffic control or remote banking terminals. -
The Queen sends an email from the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment in Malvern.
The Queen sends an email from the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment in Malvern. -
Gary Thuerk sends what is widely considered to be the first spam message, promoting DEC.
Gary Thuerk sends what is widely considered to be the first spam message, promoting DEC. -
International Packet Switched Service
The International Packet Switched Service (IPSS) was created in 1978 by a collaboration between the United Kingdom's General Post Office, Western Union International and the United States' Tymnet. -
First smiley :-)
19-Sep-82 11:44 Scott E Fahlman :-)
From: Scott E Fahlman <Fahlman at Cmu-20c>
I propose that the following character sequence for joke markers:
:-)
Read it sideways. Actually, it is probably more economical to mark
things that are NOT jokes, given current trends. For this, use
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The creation of JANET
Before the creation of JANET in April 1984, there were several regional academic networks run by various universities, research organisations and computer centres. To bring these together and facilitate better communications, JANET (the Joint Academic NETwork) was created. The new network built upon one of the research networks, with an initial speed of 9.6 kilobits per second and connections to around 50 sites -
DNS (Domain Name System)
The DNS makes the Internet more user-friendly, because it uses names and plain English to identify server computers, individual files, and e-mail addresses. Imagine if all web sites, for instance, had to be identified by their IP addresses! Finding what you want to find on the 'Net (and advertising on the 'Net) would be a very difficult proposition without the DNS. -
10,000 Hosts connected
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The first worm
The first internet worm is unleashed by Robert Morris. It infects about 6000 computers. Although it causes no physical damage, it clogs up the internet and loses hundreds of thousands of dollars in computer time. -
first commercial dial up
1990 also brought about the first commercial dial-up Internet provider, The World. The same year, Arpanet ceased to exist. -
CERN
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TCP/IP protocol
Several other TCP/IP prototypes were developed at multiple research centers between 1978 and 1983. The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP was officially completed on flag day January 1, 1983, when the new protocols were permanently activated. -
mosaic (web browser)
NCSA Mosaic, or simply Mosaic, is the web browser credited with popularizing the World Wide Web. It was also a client for earlier protocols such as FTP, NNTP, and gopher. Its clean, easily understood user interface, reliability, Windows port and simple installation all contributed to making it the application that opened up the Web to the general public. Mosaic was also the first browser to display images inline with text instead of displaying images in a separate window. -
White house lauches their website
Whitehouse.gov is the official website of the White House and is owned by the United States government. -
I Was Born
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Amazon was online
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Ebay was launched
eBay Inc. (rendered as ebay) is an American multinational internet consumer-to-consumer corporation that manages eBay.com, an online auction and shopping website in which people and businesses buy and sell a broad variety of goods and services worldwide. -
Alta Vista was created
AltaVista was created by researchers at Digital Equipment Corporation's Network Systems Laboratory and Western Research Laboratory, who were trying to provide services to make finding files on the public network easier. Paul Flaherty was responsible for the original idea and two key participants were Louis Monier, who wrote the crawler, and Michael Burrows, who wrote the indexer. The name AltaVista was chosen in relation to the surroundings of their company at Palo Alto. AltaVista was -
Macromedia flash 1.0
Macromedia Flash 1.0 launches to add interactive animation to webpages. Early adopters include Disney and MSN. -
Google was created
Google arrives. It pioneers a ranking system that uses links to assess a website's popularity. Google's simple design is soothing while existing search engines cram their pages with animated adverts. -
Clippy will no longer be included in Microsoft Office
Microsoft announces April 11, 2001 that it will no longer include Clippy with future releases of Microsoft Office. -
My doom internet worm
Mydoom, also known as W32.MyDoom@mm, Novarg, Mimail.R and Shimgapi, is a computer worm affecting Microsoft Windows. It was first sighted on 26 January 2004. It became the fastest-spreading e-mail worm ever (as of January 2004), exceeding previous records set by the Sobig worm and ILOVEYOU. -
Facebook was created
2004 - Mark Zuckerberg launches Facebook at Harvard University. Within three years, the social networking site has 30 million members. By 2009, Facebook boasts of over 200 million active users (those who have logged in in the last 30 days). -
Youtube was created
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos. -
Twitter was created
Twitter is an online social networking service and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based messages of up to 140 characters, known as "tweets". -
nearly half of the UK are connect to the interent
Nearly half of us are connected: UK telecomms regulator Oftel reports that 47% of UK homes have internet access and 58% have a PC. Of those online, 15% use broadband and 92% are satisfied with their service.