Brianna Stoke's History if the Internet Timeline

By bstokes

  • 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 hosts on what would one day become the internet.

  • An Arpanet network was established

    An Arpanet network was established
    Network between Harvard, MIT, and BBN in 1970 was created.

  • Email was first devolped

    Email was first devolped
    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).

  • Apple computer was born

    Apple computer was born
    AppleApple is a company that creates computers and other devices that allow you to search the internet.

  • 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.

  • When Nickelodeon came out

    When Nickelodeon came out
    NickelodeonNickelodeon was one of my favorite websites/channels as a kid.

  • 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 The earliest form of multiplayer games was debuted

    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 :-)

    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 :-) 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.

  • Ebay started

    Ebay started
    Ebay started Ebay is a website where you can buy and sell things for whatever price you choose.

  • Fox news started

    Fox news started
    Fox newsFox news is one the only news channel I watch because I agree with how they bias the information.

  • Netflix came out

    Netflix came out
    NetflixI like using netflix to watch movies and tv shows.

  • Facebook came out

    Facebook came out
    facebookFacebook is a website where you can talk to and meet other people.

  • When Youtube came out

    When Youtube came out
    YoutubeOne of my favorite websites to be on is youtube. Youtube allows you to watch videos that other users created.

  • Walt Disney Animation Studios started

    Walt Disney Animation Studios started
    Walt Disney Animation Walt disney started animating and featured there website online for people to access.

  • When Twitter came out

    When Twitter came out
    TwitterTwitter is a way to keep up with people or update them on yourself.

  • When Instagram came out

    When Instagram came out
    Instagraminstagram is an app/website that lets you post photos and interact with other people.