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Zack Petit History of the Internet Timeline

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  • Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) is created-

    Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) is created-
    Found a way that computers can talk to each other in case of
    nuclear attack.
  • computers at Stanford and UCLA connected for the first time

    computers at Stanford and UCLA connected for the first time
    The first host on what would one day become the internet
  • An Arpanet network was established

    An 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
  • Email was first developed-

    Email was first developed-
    Developed by Ray Tomlinson, who also made the decision to use the "@" symbol to separate
    the user name from the computer name (which later on became the domain name)
  • The beginning of TCP/IP

    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 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

    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

    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 worlds, combining
    elements of role-playing games, interactive, fiction, and online chat
  • The first emoticon :-0

    The first emoticon :-0
    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 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

    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 for HTML, HTTP, and URLs.
  • First web page created 1991

    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.
  • yahoo

    yahoo
    yahoo
    Yahoo is an emailing website
  • Google was Created

    Google was Created
    google
    Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.
    It now is the #1 search engine
  • addicting games was born

    addicting games was born
    Addicting
    The worlds best video game cite
  • Myspace

    Myspace
    myspace
    Myspace is a social network
  • Facebook was Created

    Facebook was Created
    Facebook
    Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook in 2004. is a website that offers access to the largest social network in the world. Its aim is to facilitate its users to keep in touch with their acquaintances, so that they can easily communicate with them whenever they want. In this article we will explore some of the most important aspects of the web page that is revolutionizing the way we communicate through Internet.
  • Youtube was Created

    Youtube was Created
    youtubehttp://www.youtube.com/ YouTube allows billions of people to discover, watch and share originally-created videos
  • The very first tweet was sent

    The very first tweet was sent
    twitter
    On march 21st 2006 Jack dorsley sent the very first tweet saying ,"Just got done setting up my twitter
  • Tumbler was created

    Tumbler was created
    tumblr\
    Is a social network.The service allows users to post multimedia and other content to a short-form blog. Users can follow other users' blogs, as well as make their blogs private
  • miecraft

    miecraft
    minecraft Minecraft
    HomeGame
    About the GameHow to PlayCreditsCommunityStoreProfileHelpLog in | Register Minecraft is a game about placing blocks to build anything you can imagine.
  • Bing was created

    Bing was created
    bing
    Bing is a search engine