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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 Stanford and UCLA Connected for the First time
The first hosts on what would one day become the internet -
An Arpanet Network was Established
Network between Harvard, MIT, and BBN (the company the company that created the "interface message processor" computers used to connect to the network) in 1970 was created. -
Email was First Developed
Developed by Ray Tomlinson, who also made the decision to use the "@" symbol to separate the username from the computer name (which later became the domain name). -
Invention of the Ethernet
Marc Metcalfe came up with the idea of using high-speed laser pointers to transfer data, called Ethernet, and was presented at Xerox PARC (https://www.safaribooksonline.com/library/view/ethernet-the-definitive/1565926609/ch01.html) -
The Beginning of TCP/IP
A proposal was published to link Arpa-like networks together in 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 is Invented
The modem was invented by Dennis Hayes and Dale Heatherington, and was introduced and initially sold to computer hobbyists. -
Spam is Borned
The first unsolicited commercial email message (later known as spam), was sent out to 600 California Arpanet users by Gary Thuerk -
MUD-The Earliest Form of Multiplayer Games was Debuted
The precursor 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 :-)
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 the :-) after a joke, rather than the original -) proposed by Kevin MacKenzie -
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
The code for the World Wide Web was written by Tim Berners-Lee, based on the proposal from the year before, along with the standards for HTML, HTTP, and URL's. -
First Search Engine Created Called Archie
Created by Alan Emtage, and the name is short for archives. (http://www.searchenginehistory.com/) -
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, it purpose was to explain what the World Wide Web was. -
Amazon
Amazon was created in 1994 and started by Jeffrey P. Bezos. (https://www.fundable.com/learn/startup-stories/amazon) -
Netscape
Netscape was one of the first internet browsers, created by a company called Mosaic Communications. (http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot/history/netscape.htm) -
WiFi
WiFi stands for Wireless Fidelity and was invented by Vic Hayes (https://www.thoughtco.com/who-invented-wifi-1992663) -
First Social Media
The first social media is called Six Degrees and allowed people to make friends and a profile. (https://smallbiztrends.com/2013/05/the-complete-history-of-social-media-infographic.html) -
Google
Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, and started with $100,000 in funds. (https://www.google.com/intl/en/about/our-story/) -
Spotify
Spotify was created by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon, in their apartment. (https://techcrunch.com/gallery/a-brief-history-of-spotify/slide/1/) -
YouTube
YouTube started in 2005, and was bought buy google for $1.65 billion (http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1990787,00.html) -
The Number of Total Websites
There are currently 1,261,012,300 website, and the number is still increasing. (http://www.internetlivestats.com/total-number-of-websites/)
