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Kyler Sherlock's history of the internet timeline

  • USSR launches Sputnik

    USSR launches Sputnik
    sourceUSSR launches Sputnik into space and with it, global communications
  • Advanced Reasearch Projects Agency is created

    Advanced Reasearch Projects Agency is created
    Found a way that computers can talk to each other in case of nuclear attack
  • Computers At Standford and UCLA connected for the first time

    Computers At Standford and UCLA connected for the first time
    The first host on what would one day become the internet
  • An Arpanet network was established

    An Arpanet network was established
    Network between Harvard, MIT, and BBN (The company that created the "Interface message processor" computers used to connect to the network0 in 1970 was created
  • Email was first developed

    Email was first developed
    developed by ray Tomlinson who also made the decision to use the @ symbol to separate the user name from the computer name
  • University college of London establishes first international ARPAnet Link

    University college of London establishes first international ARPAnet Link
    Link textThe first international connection to the ARPAnet is made by University College of London (England) via NORSAR (Norway).
  • The beginning of TCP/IP

    The beginning of TCP/IP
    A proposal was published 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 was invented

    The first Personal computer modem was invented
    The modem was invented by Dennis Hayes and Dale Heatheringthon and was introduced and initially sold to computer hobbyists.
  • Spam is born

    Spam is born
    The first unsolicited commercial email message was sent out to 600 California Arpanet users by Gary Thuerk
  • The earliest form of multiplayer games was debuted

    The earliest form of multiplayer games was debuted
    The precursor of world of warcraft and second life was developed in 1979 and was called MUD. MUDs were entirely text-based virtual worlds, combining elements of role playing games, interactive, fiction, and online chat
  • The first emoticon :-)

    The first emoticon :-)
    The first emoticon was used while many people pay tribute to Kevin MacKenzie with the invention of the firs emoticon in 1979, it was Scott Fahlman in 1982 who proposed using:-) after a joke raher than the original -) proposed by MacKenzie
  • The domain name system was created

    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 more human-friendly compared to it's numerical IP address counterparts. DNS servers allowed internet users to type in an easy-to-remember domain name and then it converted it to the IP address automatically.
  • First US research and education network developed

    First US research and education network developed
    source Dr. Stephen Wolff leads the development of NSFNET the first U.S. open computer network supporting research ad higher education.
  • World-wide web protocols finished

    World-wide web protocols finished
    The code for the world-wide web was written buy Tim Berners-Lee, based on his proposal from a yea before, along with the standards for HTML, HTTP, and URLs.
  • First web page created 1991

    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.
  • World wide web opens to public

    World wide web opens to public
    Link text The world wide web is available to the public for the first time on the internet.
  • Google is registered as a domain

    Google is registered as a domain
    sourceGoogle.com is registered as a domain on September 15. The name—a play on the word "googol," a mathematical term for the number represented by the numeral 1 followed by 100 zeros—reflects Larry and Sergey's mission to organize a seemingly infinite amount of information on the web.
  • Craig network found craig's list

    Craig network found craig's list
    Source Craig Newmark found Craig's list which is to become one of the most widely used websites on the internet. He changes the way people classifies, transforming it into a large internet-based industry.
  • Wikipedia is created

    Wikipedia is created
  • Youtube is founded

    Youtube is founded
    source YouTube was found by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim who were all early employees of PayPal.[3]
  • China dominates internet usage

    China dominates internet usage
    source By 2010, there are over 450 million Chinese users.
  • MP3 is developed

    MP3 is developed
    Source Bradenburg and his team settle on a file extension for the audio format shortening MPEG1, Layer 3, to MP3.