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The first printer was invented
Printer
The first computer printer was invented in 1953 by Remington-Rand. -
Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) is created
Found a way that computer can talk to each other in case of nuclear attack. -
The mouse was invented
MouseThe first "Computer-aided display control" device, or mouse, was developed by Bill English. -
An Arpanet network was established
Netwarok between Harvad, MIT, and BBN (THe comany that created the "interface message processor" computers used to connect to the network) in 1970 -
Email was first developed
Developed by Ray Tomlinson, who also made the decision to use the "@" symbol to separate the user fromt he computer name. (which later on became the domain name) -
The beginning of TCP/IP
A proposoal was published to link Arpa-like networks together into a so-called "inter-network" and was introduced and initially sold to computer hobbyists. -
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The first Personal Computer Modem is Invented
The modem was invented by Dennis Hayes and Dale Heatheringon, and was introduced and intially sold to computer hobbyists -
Compact Disk is invented
CDA popular way of transporting information was invented and named the CD or Compact Disk. -
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
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 was used. While many credit Kevin MacKenzie with the invention of the emoticon in 1979, it was Scott Fahlman in 1982 who proposed using :-) after a joke, rather then the original -) proposed by MackKenzie. -
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 the convered it to the IP address automatically. -
Nexus Web Browser invented
Nexus' Original websiteThe first ever web browser, Worldwideweb, was invented. it was later renamed 'Nexus'. -
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 standars for HTML, HTTP, and URLs. -
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. -
Adobe's Flash Player was invented
Adobe Flash PlayerA now widely used tool, flash player, was developed by Adobe. -
Flash Drive was invented
flash driveThe patent for the flash drive was filed in 1999 by Amir Ban, Dov Moran and Oron Ogdan in israel. -
Wifi was invented
wifiWi-fi was invented. An easier and more convenient alternative to dial up had arrived. -
Facebook founded
FacebookFacebook, a now widely used social networking site, was founded by Mark Zuckerberg.