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History of the Internet
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ARPANET is launched.
ARPANET stands for Advanced Research Projects Agency Network. It was the early successor of the internet created by DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Administration). -
Email becomes created!
Ray Tomlinson created the email. He worked for BBN corporation. They created the basics of sending and reading messages over the ARPANET. -
First Trans-Atlantic Connection
Arpanet made its first trans-atlantic with the University College of London. In the same year, 75% of ARPANET'S network was used for email activity. -
TCP/IP protocol created.
When people figured out ARPANET could only connect to a couple dozen computers, they realized they needed a new protocol, creating TCP/IP, This is the protocol most of us use today. -
First PC Modem
The first PC Modem was introduced and sold to computer hobbyists. It was developed by Dennis Hayes and Dale Heatherington. -
Spam is born.
Gary Thuerk sent the first email spam message in 1978 to 600 people. It was first known as unsolicicted commercial message and was later renamed to spam. -
BBS developed.
The BBS (Bulletin Board System) was developed during a blizzard in Chicago. BBS is a computer software that allows users to connect to the system using a terminal program. -
Launch of Usenet
Created by two graduate students, Usenet allowed people from around the globe to talk about the same topics by posting public messages. -
The word internet is used.
Although nobody forsure knows who first used the word internet, the earliest written use is by Vint Cerf. Internet was a shortcut for "internetworking". -
The world wide web is created.
The World Web is an information system of interlinked hypertext documents that are accessed via the Internet. -
Yahoo is launched.
Yahoo was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo. It is known for it's web portal, search engine and other related services. -
Internet Explorer project started.
The idea of internet explorer was created by Thomas Reardon who worked for Spyglass. Internet Explorer is a popular browser now. -
FNC defines the Internet.
The FNC defines internet as "the global information system that is logically linked together by a globally unique address space based on the Internet Protocol (IP) or is able to support communications using the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) suite" -
Clinton uses a website!
BIll Clinton becomes the first president to use a website for the whitehouse. -
Google is created!
Co--founded by Lerry Page and Sergey Brin was first incorporated as a privately held company on this day. Google is now one of the most popular search engines. -
Mozila Firefox is launched!
Created by Dave Hyatt, Joe Hewitt and Blake Ross, Firefox is the third most used web browser on the internet. -
Creation of Facebook!
Originally known as "the facebook", it was created by Mark Zuckerburg. Facebook is now the second most popular website on the internet with over 1 billion users. -
Youtube is launched!
Youtube is a video-sharing website on the internet where users can upload, share and view videos. Now, there are 20 hours of video uploaded to Youtube every minute. -
Apple releases the iPhone!
Apple creates the first multi-touch use phone, making the internet more popular than ever. -
Google Chrome released to the public.
Google Chrome is a freeware web browswer developed by Google which is also one of the most popular web browsers currently. -
Internet continues to grow!
Internet is constantly growing as time goes on. There is approximately 4.44 billion pages currently and the numbers are growing. Internet has become the number one way to communicate with others and the future of the internet is seen to be very successful. Thanks DARPA, you changed our world.
