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The first prototype of the internet, the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network is launched.
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Doug Brown and David R. Woolley created the first internet chat called Talkomatic.
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Apple was founded in Cupertino, California by Steve Jobs. They released their first computer the same year.
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Robert Kahn and Vinton Cerf created Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol. This allowed for the transmission of data across multiple networks. The internet was now more public.
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The Domain Name System introduced .gov, .com, .org, and other names to help differentiate websites.
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This network was faster and was connected to ARPANET. It was used for academic purposes, connecting students to the internet.
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Tim Berners-Lee, a scientist a CERN, created HyperText Markup Language, which changed the navigation of the internet.
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Proposed by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989, the World Wide Web was released publicly in 1991 by CERN.
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The first photo and video are posted. This was when the phrase "surfing the internet" started.
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Yahoo! was created by Jerry Yang and David Filo. It was one of the first web browsers.
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Point-to-point protocol is launched to help provide a better connection between computers and the internet.
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Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 1.0
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The Nokia 9000 Communicator became the first mobile phone with access to the internet.
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Google is created by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in Menlo Park, California.
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Internet Protocol version 6 is introduced. It allowed for the growth of internet addresses in the future.
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Mark Zuckerberg along with his college roommates created Facebook, the first social networking site.
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Two new social media platforms are created. YouTube and Reddit.
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Twitter is founded in San Francisco, California by Jack Dorsey.
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The internet reaches its 40th anniversary.
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the internet has allowed people to connect with each other. It has risen in popularity greatly.
