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Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) is created
Found a way that computers can talk to each other in case of nuclear attack. -
Computers at Standford and UCLA connect for the first time
The first hosts on what would one day become the internet. -
An Apranet network was established
Network between Harvard, MIT, and BBN in 1970 was created. -
E-mail was first developed
Developed by Ray Tomlinson, who also made the decision to use the "@" symbol to seperate the user name from the computer name.(which later on became the domain name.) -
The beggining of TCP/IP
A proposal was published to link Arpa-like networks together in a so called "inter-network", -
The first personal Computer Modem is invented
The modem was invented by Dennis Hayes and Dale Hearthrtington, and was introduced and initially sold to computer hobbyists, -
Spam is born
The first unsolicited commerical email message, was sent out to 600 California Arpanet users by Gary Thurek. -
MUD - The earliest form of Multi-player games was debuted
The precursor to World of Warcraft and Second Life was developed in 1979 and was called MUD(Short for multi-user dungeon). -
The First Emoticon :)
The first emoticon was used. While many people credit Kevin MacKenzie with the invention of the emotiocn in 1979, it was Scott Fahlman in 1982 who proposed using :-) after a joke. -
The domain name system was created.
The first Domanin Name Servers were created. The domain name system was important in that it made addresses on the internet more human-friendly compared to its numerical IP adress counterparts. -
World Wide Web protocols finished
The code for the World Wide Web was written by Tim Berners-Lee. -
First web page created
1991 brought some major innovations to the world of 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. -
E-bay is created
EbayThe website where people bid all sorts of useless junk from barely-functional firearms to a half-eaten grilled cheese sandwich was created. -
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Steam is released
SteamSteam, the greatest gaming platform of all time that kicks the rears of Xbox, PS3, and all of the other consoles, is created. -
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Facebook is created
FacebookFacebook, the source of "liek dis if u cry evry tiem" copy-pastas, endless duckface photos, and countless other forms of tomfoolery, is created. -
Half-Life 2 is released
HL2Half-Life 2, one of the most critically accliamed games of the decade, is released by Valve. -
YouTube is created
The site of cat videos, people getting hit in the crotch, viral videos, and other pointless crap is created, -
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Memrise is created
MemriseMemrise, a site dedicated to language learning and Bilingualism is created.
