Web History

By guthcoll

  • Sputnik

    The USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) launched the first artificial earth satellite in 1957. It was named Sputnik.

  • Explorer 1

    Explorer 1 became first U.S. satellite to orbit the earth.

  • The Microchip

    The Microchip was invented.

  • First Computer Game

    First computer game was created called SpaceWar.

  • The Floppy Disc

    Floppy disk was invented.

  • First Message

    First message was sent from UCLA to the Stanford Research Institute.

  • Radio Network

    The first radio network which makes use of random packet transmission, the Alohanet, is launched at the University of Hawaii.

  • Email Program

    Ray Tomlinson invents an email program.

  • The Apple II

    The first mass-marketed personal computer, the Apple II, is launched.

  • Computer Science

    The national science foundation developed computer science.

  • Computer Science Research Network

    The Computer Science Research Network had more than 70 sites online.

  • PhoneNet System

    Computer scientists built the PhoneNet system and established Internet connections between the PhoneNet system, the ARPANET, and the first network, Telenet.

  • Intel

    The Pentium processor is developed by Intel.

  • Windows 95

    Microsoft takes technology from spyglass to make Windows 95.

  • Java

    Java (programming language) is introduced.

  • World Wide Web

    The size of the world wide web is estimated to exceed 1 billion pages.

  • Social Media

    2001-Wikipedia was launched
    2003- Myspace was launched
    2004- Facebook was launched
    2005- YouTube launches
    2006- Twitter was created
    2007- Tumblr was found

  • Google

    Google has found over 1 trillion unique urls.