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Bell Labs invent the Modem
The modem is a device that converts digital signals to analog signals and back, enabling communications between computers. This was the basis of what the Internet is today. -
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History of the Internet
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ARPANET created
The Advanced Research Projects Agency creates a network connecting 4 universities. It's main purpose was to connect the universities in time of an attack, but it was also used join research, education, and government projects to be carried out. -
Email is Introduced
The first email programs are written by Ray Tomlinson for the ARPAnet. He was the first person to use @ as a way to distinguish between the sender's name and email address. -
Packet Transfer
The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is created by Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn. TCP provides reliable, ordered, and error-checked delivery between programs to provide more accurate data. It becomes the basis of internet communication. -
Microsoft Founded
The company created by Paul Allen and Bill Gates first starts to create softwares like Xenix, until finnaly producing their first computer with IBM in 1981. -
Apple Computer
A project by y Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne to create better computer led to the invention of the apple computer and the later founding of the Apple company, one of biggest computer and network companies to date. -
Rebranding
The word "Internet" is used for the first time. It is a simplified version of the many previous names people use to call it. -
DNS
The domain network system is established. It is a way to simplify identifying a network by using extensions liek .com, .org, and .gov. -
The Internet Worm
One of the first viruses to strike the internet was a virus calle dht Internet WOrm. It shut down more thne 10% of the world's internet servers at the time. -
WWW established
WWW (world wide web) is created by Tim-Berners Lee at CERN. It permits users to connect from one document to another at different sites on the Internet via hyperlinks easily. -
ARPAnet shuts down
After its usage rate and the need to use the ARPAnet dropped, it was finally disconnected. It was soon replaced by NSFnet, but is still considered the founding piece of the itnernet. -
Mosiac Created
One of the first graphical web browsers created. It was developed by Marc Andreeson and influenced the creation of many other browsers liek Internet explorer and Chrome. -
Commercialization begins
The founders of the internet begin to commercialize their product. Soon, 3 million sites are created, with more then 16 million user surfing the web. -
Online dating service is formed
Online dating service is a personal introductory system whereby individuals can find someone, chat to them, and create a relationship between the pair. Now, an estimated 25% of relationships have been created by the internet, with the first dating sit ebeign match.com. -
Internet Explorer is created
Microsoft creates the IE, the most simplified search engine to exist at that time. It soon becomes extremely popular, attaining a usage rate in computers of 95%. It's usage rate has since declined, but it is still used today. -
Google is created
A project led by stanford students Larry Page and Sergey Brin to simplify the use of the internet and it's search characteristics is carried out. From this, the google company is created. Google would eventually become one of the biggest internet companies of all time. -
Myspace founded
Myspace is create after a group of eUniverse workers saw potential in expanding social networkign features. From this, myspace became the biggets social network website and the time and was the predecessor of facebook. -
Youtube is created
After experiencing difficulties sharing videos to friends, Paypal employees Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim decided to create a website for the sole purpose of sharing videos more easily. This website would in turn become the 3rd most visited site, with 790 million unique visitors per month, -
Google Chrome is created
Google creates an advanced version of Internet Explorer. This search engine soon becomes the most used search engine, passing search englines like Firefox and Internet Explorer. -
Spartan is annouced
After a declining use of Internet Explorer among internet users, Microsoft announed that a new web browser would be created. This web browser is called Spartan, and Microsoft claims it will be the most advanced web browser of the internet to date.
