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ORDVAC Passes Aberdeen Proving Ground Standards
ORDVAC was one of the first computers ever created. It was the first system ever to use a compiler and consisted of 2178 vacuum tubes, was capable of 1024 words at 40 bit each, and was asynchronous. It took 72 microseconds (.072 milliseconds) to add and 732 microseconds (.732 milliseconds) to multiply. -
ILLIAC I Operational
(The picture is of ILLIAC I's Drum Memory System)
ILLIAC I was essentially a clone of ORDVAC, but special things were done with it. The Illiac Suite was written on it, the first piece of music created with the aid of a computer. The Sputnik I's orbit was calculated with the ILLIAC I two days after it was launched into space. It also ran the first version of PLATO, a computer-based education system. -
ARPA Project Funds Requested
President Eisenhower requested the funds for a project dubbed "ARPA". It was approved in the Air Force appropriations bill as a "line item". -
ARPAnet Project Begins
The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network was a group project started and founded by multiple individuals. It was started for governmental reasons; a network wouldn't be impervious to nuclear warfare as multiple locations would keep the information. -
ARPANET Contracted to BBN Technologies
ARPANET was the first known packet-switching network established. Developed by BBN Technologies in April 7, 1969, ARPANET was a primitive serial communication network capable of a intial data rate of 56 kbp/s. ARPANET's hardware and packet-switching/store-and-forwarding software was implemented 9 months after it was designed. -
ARPANET Network Implemented
ARPANET's was designed much like modern internet. There were a small network of computers (IMP's or Interface Message Processors) interconnected by telecommunication lines via modems. Today's internet is designed much like this; modems send information via analog cables to your home, and your router is responsible for storing and forwarding said internet in packets, or small amounts of data that contain different information about the "internet" you are receiving. -
ALOHANet
First wireless packet data network. It operated on UHF (or Ultra High Frequency) -
First Email Programs Written
The two programs were "SNDMSG" and "READEMAIL". Although these are technically methods, they were written in assembly language (which at the time did not have the capability of functions). -
International Connection Between Norway and England
NORSAR and UCL (University College of London) are connected via ARPANET. -
Intel 8080 Released
While the 4004 was released November 15, 1971 and the 8008 April 1, 1972 (along with their predecessors), the 8080 was a significant improvement over the previous. It was more than 1,200 MHz faster than the 8008, had much less required support chips, and had 48 more KB's of addressable memory. -
"A Protocol for Packet Network Interconnection" Published
Published by Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn, the book detailed the intricacies of TCP (Transmission Control Protocol). TCP enables two hosts to connect and makes data stream possible. It guarantees that data will be delivered and in the sequential order it was sent. -
Apple Computer Created
Founded by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs, Apple Computer was a personal computer development and retail company, responible for designing and creating PC's. Around the same time, the Queen Elizabeth II sent her first email. -
3Com Founded
Sometime in the year of 1979, 3Com was co-founded by Robert Metcalfe, Howard Charney, Bruce Borden, and Greg Shaw. 3Com was an ethernet-focused company that released many advanced products. This included network interface controllers and switches, routers, WAP's (Wireless Access Points) and controllers, IPVS's (IP Voice Systems), and IPS's (Intrusion Prevention Systems). -
ENQUIRE Invented
Invented by Tim Berners-Lee sometime in 1980, ENQUIRE was a simple hypertext program, but had many important differences. ENQUIRE had pages. referred to as "cards", that had hyperlinks in them. ENQUIRE was more similar to a modern wiki than the World Wide Web, as it was a database, bidirectionally linkable, allowed for direct editing of server content, and because of ease of compositing. -
Microsoft Releases MS-DOS
While Microsoft didn't create DOS (It was originally designed for the 8086 Processor by Seatle Computer Products and licensed to Microsoft), they developed PC and MS-DOS. It was practically a duplicate of Digital Research's CP/M filesystem. The two huge differences that set them apart were disk sector buffering logic and the filesystems (CP/M vs. Microsoft's FAT12). As with all other OS's at the time, it was text-based, meaning a command line was required to navigate the computer. -
IBM PC 5150 Introduced
IBM's first PC, the IBM PC 5150, was introduced. The PC supported 64 KB RAM, but later expansions supported up to 640 KB. The cheapest version of the PC costed more than $1,500, while the most expensive version was up to $4,500. The OS was DOS-based (PC-DOS). -
TCP/IP Flag Day
Though prototypes were developed in 1978 to 1983, the offical activation of Internet Protocol Suite by ARPANET was this date. TCP/IP was comprised of two layers: the higher level was responsible for creating packets corresponding to data and then reassembling them on the other side (TCP); IP was responsible for addressing data. -
DNS Protocol Developed
DNS (Domain Name System) is a way of linking website names to IP addresses; think of it as a key > value system. A website name (key) has an IP('s) behind it (value). This makes browsing significantly easier as users don't have to remember every IP. -
Macintosh Introduced
Apple's Macintosh was introduced with a fascinating amount of power and a revolutionary idea: a GUI-based OS instead of text-based. The reason it was called a desktop was in means of a metaphor; the screen represented a desktop where files were pieces of paper. -
Cisco Systems Founded
Founded by Leonard Bosack, Cisco was a routing software company. The first product they worked upon was an exact replica of Standford's "Blue Box" router and a stolen copy of Stanford's MP router software. Today, they've reached very high credibility. -
Symbolic.com Becomes First Registered Domain
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5,000 Hosts on the Internet
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10,000 Hosts on the Internet
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25 Million PC's Sold
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McAfee Associates Founded
McAfee Associates was a computer security company. It later was renamed to McAfee, and is now part of Intel Security Group. -
100,000 Hosts on the Internet
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Quantum Becomes Aol
Aol becomes the official name of Quantum, a company that provided "internet". -
ARPAnet Ends, WWW Begins
Created by Tim Bernies-Lee, World Wide Web was a universal solution to DNS and TCP/IP. -
Web Grows 341,000%
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InterNIC Created
The InterNIC was a governing body of the internet responsible for dedication to DNS and X.500 directories. -
Mosiac (Web Browser) Released
The browser supported multiple IP's and is credited with popularizing the WWW. -
Netscape Communications Founded
Commonly known for their browser (Netscape Navigator) and producing the open source browser (Mozilla Firefox), Netscape created just that; web browsers. -
Java Released
Developed by Sun Microsystem, Java was (and possibly still is) considered the most portable language of all time. It was completely object-oriented and was designed to run on any device with a unique two-step compile process, as compared to C++'s direct, one-step compile. Java is still the most widely used language today. -
Windows 95 Released
Windows 95 was considered a revolutionary release of Windows because it was one of the versions that was actually powerful and much less buggy than its predecessors. The most noticable advancements over Windows 3.1 were GUI and Plug n' Play features. -
Browser Wars Begin
The war between internet browser superiority begins. -
Microsoft's Shady Deal
Microsoft pays off the Justice Department to allow them to hide other browsing software on their computers, making it possible for them to solely market their software. -
Netscape Announces Free Release of Browser
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ICANN Founded
ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) was an organization founded to assist in the privatization of DNS.
It was founded by Jon Postel, who later passed away the same year on October 16. -
Aol Purchases Netscape
Netscape and its assets are now property of Aol and the browser wars end. -
Napster Created
Napster was a p2p (Peer to Peer) music downloading service developed by Shawn Fanning that operated from June 1999 to July 2001. It was shut down due to copyright issues as torrenting is considered copyright infringement. On top of this issue, it caused major network strain. -
Microsoft Declared a Monopoly
The intial result of the lawsuit was that Microsoft would be split into two companies; one who created software and one who developed operating systems. To avoid the seperation of the company, Microsoft appealed with three changes: make their API third-party avaliable, allow PC companies to use different OS's for their computers, and make IE an optional part of the OS. The appeal was accepted. -
Wi-Fi Implemented
Now viewed as a viable source of connection and favorable to wires, wireless connections were now implemented much more often with networks. -
Aol Merges With Time Warner
This event created a new company that shareholders profited from. -
Major DDoS Attack
Many large websites like Yahoo! and Ebay were attacked via Denial of Service. This sparked the idea that higher level website protection was required. -
10,000,000 Domain Names Registered
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20,000,000 Domains, Doubled Since February
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Sicram Worm
Sicram was a Macro worm that emailed itself to multiple people with an infected Macro file. It was capable of severe email compromising. -
Code Red Worm
Attacking Microsoft based PC's running IIS server software, Code Red took advantage of a "buffer overflow" bug that propogated the worm. It caused much harm due to the DDoS attacks that were utilized with it. -
First Wide-Area IP Network Uncompressed Gigabit HDTV Transmission
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Convention on Cybercrime Signed
This treaty aimed to address Internet/computer crimes committed, which increased capability of investigation and cooperation between nations. -
Unofficial 20th Birthday of Internet
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SQL Slammer
This was a massive worm that infected thousands of clients in a matter of minutes. It caused one of the worst (if not the worst itself) DDoS attacks in history by targetting a buffer overflow bug in Microsoft's flagship SQL Server and Database. -
Estimated 400,274 Terabytes of Data Generated Annually
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YouTube.com Created
Possibly the most well known website, YouTube allowed users to upload, watch, and share videos with one another and became the world's largest database for video media. -
92,000,000 Domains Registered
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Massive DDoS Attack on Blue Security
Upon receiving a large DDoS attack, Blue Security ironically responded by redirecting traffic to their blog servers, effectively shutting down 1.8 million blogs. -
Aol Announces Free Services
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Google Purchases YouTube
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Windows Vista Avaliable to General Public
Despite its many bugs, Vista included many new features tha that allowed it to excel; Windows Aero, the update shell, instant search, Windows Defender, Backup and Restore Center, Speech Recognition, etc. -
iTunes Reaches 1 Billion+ Downloads
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1.114 Billion People on the Internet.
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Google Surpasses Microsoft
Google becomes the most valuable global brand, and Google.com becomes the most visited website in the world.
