The internet

  • The invention of the internet

    The invention of the internet
    The first workable model of the internet was created with the help of ARPANET. ARPANET used packet switching to allow multiple computers to communicate on a single network.
  • email

    email
    the email was first created by Ray Tomlison and was Electronic mail that would pass messages using a device
  • The beginning of TCP/IP

    The beginning of TCP/IP
    TCP/Ip is a conceptual model and set of communications protocols used on the Internet. It was created by Vint Cerf in 1974
  • ISP

    ISP
    In 1989, the first Internet service providers were created and were widely believed to be Telenet.
  • pc modem

    pc modem
    In 1977 the first-ever pc modem was by Dennis Hayes and Dale Heatherington and was sold to computer hobbyists.
  • The birth of spam

    The birth of spam
    The birth of spam was the first-ever spam mail in which a man named Gary Thuerk sent a message to hundreds of ARPA users. With the creation of the first spam mail, Thuerk's company made millions but creating a lot of complaints which is normal to date.
  • AOL

    AOL
    AOL is a web portal and online service provider. AOL still existed and made the Internet popular amongst the average internet users.
  • Top level domains

    Top level domains
    Jon Postel, the creator of top-level domains, introduced them to the world in 1986 and they include .com, .org, .gov, .edu, and .mil. Jon was a computer scientist who led the DNS
  • Photoshop 0.63

    Photoshop 0.63
    Photoshop 0.63 was the first-ever form of photo editing created for Alpha testing and was created by Thomas Knoll and his brother changing the photo editing game forever.
  • the launch of the world wide web

    the launch of the world wide web
    28 years ago, the world wide web was first launched to the public. Tim Berners-Lee, also known as the creator, posted a short summary of the project and revolutionized the way the world shares and processes information
  • The first ever live stream

    The first ever live stream
    The world's first live stream was dated back on June 24, 1993. It occurred at the headquarters of Xerox PARC in Palo Alto, California where scientists and engineers were playing on one of the patios on the building.
  • Woo, Yahoo

    Woo, Yahoo
    In 1994, Yahoo was born. This site was created by both David Filo and Jerry Yang, which was used for an Internet portal that incorporates a search engine.
  • Hotmail!

    Hotmail!
    Hotmail became an available online email provider and known to date it is now owned by Microsoft.
  • Wireless Fidelity

    Wireless Fidelity
    Wifi was first created and released in 1997 and is a wireless connection that also leads to the creation of IEEE802. 11.
  • Netflix

    Netflix
    Netflix was founded by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph and began sending its users DVDs.
  • DDoS attacks!

    DDoS attacks!
    Michael Calce, a 15-year-old hacker, launched the first-ever DDoS to numerous host which consist of CNN, Dell, eBay, Amazon, and Yahoo
  • Wikipedia

    Wikipedia
    Wikipedia was created on January 15, 2001, by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger and is a free encyclopedia.
  • Facebook

    Facebook
    Facebook first took its first leap on February 4, 2004, and gained 1,000 registered users on its first night and became a very known technology conglomerate
  • The stand up of Gmail.

    The stand up of Gmail.
    in 2004, the company google announced to their users that they would be able to make their own email accounts.
  • youtube

    youtube
    Youtube created a new way to upload numerous videos onto its website and was created by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim.