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History of the Internet
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First ARPANET node installed at UCLA Network Measurement Center
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Second node installed at Stanford Research Institute to a SDS 940 computer.
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Third node installed at University of California, Santa Barbara
It was connected to an IBM 360/75. (Pic: http://econ.ucsb.edu/~harmon/) -
Fourth node installed at University of Utah.
Connected to DEC PDP-10. (Pic: http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/still-image/DEC/PDP-10/) -
Alohanet, first packet radio network, operational at University of Hawaii.
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First basic e-mail programs written by Ray Tomlinson at BBN for ARPANET
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hIQjrMHTv4' >History of the Internet</a> For example SNDMSG and READMAIL and "@" sign chosen for the "at" meaning. (Pic: http://www.webblog360.com/2011/12/great-gods-of-the-e-world -
1974-1982 Many different networks launched
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Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn publish " A Protocol for Packet Network Interconnection"
It details the design of TCP. -
TCP split into TCP and IP
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Emoticons were used for the first time.
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Tim Berners-Lee writes program called " Enquire Within"
It is a predecessor to World Wide Web. (Pic: http://www.icons-land.com/productvistastyleemoticons.php) -
IBM and Microsoft
IBM creates the very first Personal Computer and Microsoft creates DOS. (Pic: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/microsoft/5817049/Microsoft-is-launching-a-music-streaming-service-this-month.html) -
Internet born using TCP/IP standard
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Domain Name System (DNS)
Designed by Jon Postel, Paul Mockapetris, and Craig Partridge. The endings that were created were " .edu, .com, .gov, .org, .int, and .net created. (Pic: http://www.comptechdoc.org/independent/networking/guide/netdns.html) -
The Macintosh
On January 24th, Apple Computer introduces the Macintosh.
(Pic: http://www.vintage-computer.com/applemac.shtml) -
First Registered Domain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJyWGV1Tf_o > Fact #639 First Registered Domain</a>The first registered domain was "symbolics.com". (Pic: http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/03/07/dot-com-time-capsule-the-oldest-domains/) -
5000 hosts on ARPANET/Internet
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10,000 hosts on the Internet
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100,000 hosts on the Internet
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McAfee Associates founded.
The first anti-virus software is available for free.( Pic: http://www.dot-ie.com/2011/04/mcafee-secure-or-not-secure/) -
World Wide Web
Time Berners-Lee created the World Wide Web and ARPANET ends. (Pic: http://www.domain2catch.net/) -
NSF removes restrictions on private Internet
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Mosaic Web Browser
Marc Andreesen develops the Mosaic Web browser at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. (Pic: http://www.ibiblio.org/pioneers/andreesen.html) -
Windows 95
Microsoft licenses technology from Spyglass to create Web browser for Windows 95. (Pic: http://www.guidebookgallery.org/screenshots/win95) -
Sun Microsystems releases Java
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Browser Wars
Domain name tv.com was sold to CNET for $15,000. The browser wars begun and Netscape and Microsoft were the two biggest players. (Pic: http://moteurs-de-recherches-alternatifs.blogspot.com/2009/04/browser-wars-internet-explorer-versus.html) -
Business.com sold for $150,000
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Google is founded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25Ak9Kge-NM >Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin on Bing and Yahoo</a> (Pic: http://raeleigh.wordpress.com/2011/12/08/google/) -
Browser Wars Declared Over
Netscape and Microsoft share almost 100% of the browser market. -
Number of Hosts Reach 72.4 Million
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Code Red Worm and Sircam Virus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMSnmAcG1XM >CBL Raises Awareness of Code Red Worm</a>These two viruses infiltrated thousands of web servers and e-mail accounts causing a spike in Internet bandwidth usage and security breaches.
(Pic: http://forum.santabanta.com/showthread.htm?145455-Most-dangerous-computer-viruses!) -
SQL Slammer Worm
This worm caused one of the most fastest and largest DDoS attacks ever, which only took 10 minutes to spread worldwide. -
The RIAA
The RIAA sues 261 individuals for allegedly distributing copyright music files over peer-to-peer networks. -
Youtube.com Launches
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DDoS Assault on Blue Security
A massive DDOS assault on Blue Security, an anti-spam company, is redirected by Blue Security staff to their Movable Type-hosted blog. The result is that the DDOS instead knocks out all access to over 1.8 million active blogs. -
92 Million Websites Online
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Google Inc. Aquires Youtube
Google Inc. acquires YouTube for $1.65 billion in a stock-for-stock transaction. -
Microsoft Vista
Microsoft launches its various consumer versions of Microsoft Vista. -
ITunes
Apple reaches more than 1 billion ITunes downloads. -
Google Surpasses Microsoft
Search engine giant Google surpasses Microsoft as "the most valuable global brand," and also is the most visited Web site. -
Google's Tenth Birthday
The company that began with a search engine now also dominates online advertising and has a leading presence in online mapping, webmail and online document collaboration. -
Ashton Kuther and Twitter
Ashton Kutcher becomes the first person on Twitter to have a million followers subscribing to his 'tweets'. -
Facebook Has 400 000 000 Active Members
Facebook announces it has 400 million active members. That's larger than the population of the US and UK combined.
