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Cell towers
Cell tower were used to send radio waves from system to system. they were first used for computers but eventually became very use full for cell phones.
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Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) is Created
Found a way that computers can talk to each other in case of nuclear event -
Computers at Stanford and UCLA Connected for the First Time
The first hosts on what would one day become the internet. -
An Airplane Network was Established
Network between, MIT, and BBN (the company that created the "interface message processor" computers used to connect to the network) in 1970 was created. -
Email was First Developed
Developed by Ray Tomlinson, who also made the decision to use the "@" symbol to separate the username from the computer name (which later became the domain name). -
The Beginning of TCP/IP
A proposal was to link arpa-like networks together into a so called "inter-network", which would have no central control and would work around a transmission control protocol (which eventually became TCP/IP). -
the First Personal Computer Modem is Invented
The modem was invented by Dennis Hayes and Dale Heatherington, and was introduce and initially sold to computer hobbyists. -
Spam is Born
the first unsolicited commercial email message(later known as spam), was sent out to 600 California Arpanet users by Gary Thuerk. -
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 words, combining elements of role-playing games, interactive, fiction, and online chat. -
The first laptop
Laptops are small mobile computers that you could take on the go, that way you don't have to carry around a giant computer on your back.
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The Firs Emoticon :-)
The first emoticon was used while many people credited Kevin MacKenzie with the invention of the emoticon in 1979, it was Scott Fahlman in 1982 who proposed using :-) after a joke, rather than the original -) proposed by MacKenzie. -
Cell Phones
Mobile/cell phones were created so that the user could communicate with others while on the go and not stay at their house.
http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/05/the-evolution-of-cell-phone-design-between-1983-2009/ -
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 a easy-to-remember domain name and then converted ti to the IP address automatically. -
World Wide Web Potocols 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 standards 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. -
Amazon
Amazon was created for people to shop online so that they would not have to go to the store if their schedule was too busy.
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Craigslist
Craigslist was created for people who wanted to get rid of something but still make money off of it. So on craigslist you can either sell an item at any price or you could buy an item.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craigslist -
Ebay
Ebay was created to sell users items they wanted for cheaper prices so that the user could save some money.
https://www.thebalance.com/how-did-ebay-start-1140007 -
Google
Google is a search engine that has been created for educational purposes. This search engine searches the internet for the person using it.
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Steam
Steam is a gaming system that allows the user to search and download games to play for entertainment.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_(software) -
Facebook
Facebook was created to be a social network for people to talk or chat without the hassle of traveling around the world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Facebook -
Youtube
Youtube is a site that has been created fro people to share videos to the world for education or entertainment purposes.
http://whoinventedme.net/when-was-youtube-created/
