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USA launches Sputnik
The USSR launch the first satelitte into space. They named it "Sputnik. -
President Eisenhower
President Dwight Eisenhower requested some funds to start an A.R.P.A. -
On-line man computer communications
First aper about "on-line man computer communications" is written by J.C.R Licklider and W. Clark. -
Beginning of ARPA project
The ARPA project is starting and Larry Roberts is the head scientist of the project. -
ARPAnet node installed
At the UCLA Network Measurement center, the first ARPAnet node has been installed into a Sigma 7 computer. -
First Radio event
The first radio broadcast occurs at the University of Hawaii. It is called "Alohanet." -
First e-mail programs
The first simple e-mail programs are written by Ray Tomlinson for the ARPAnet. -
Discovery of Steve Jobs and Apple Software
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded the company "Apple." -
Discovery of Cisco Systems
The cisco systems are created and used til' the present day. -
Domain Name System is created
The DNS or (Domain Name System) is created for the first time. Inventors are Jon Postel, Paul Mockapetris, and Craig Partridge. -
First Router shipped
At this time, the first ever Cisco router is shipped. -
25,000 PC's sold
In the Year of 1987, 25,000 PC's are sold in the United States -
Birth of the World Wide Web!
The Online ARPAnet ends. The creation of the World Wide Web is created by Tim Berners-Lee. -
"Surfing the Internet"
The very popular phrase "Surfing the internet" is credited to Jean Armour Polly. She was a librarian who came up with the phrase. -
Windows 95 releasing
Windows 95 is released in the year of 1995. -
Domain Wars
The domain "tv.com" is sold for a total of $15,000 to CNET. Domain Wars start. This goes back and forth with the purchasing of different domain names. The most avid competetors are Microsoft and Netscape. -
End of Browser Wars
The browser wars stop. Netscape and Microsoft decide to share near 100% of the borwser market. -
10,000,000 Domain names
In the year of 2000, over 10,000,000 domain names were registered! -
261 Individuals Sued
The RIAA sued 261 people for the distribution of copyright music files. -
Google surpases Microsoft
The Search engine "Google" passes up Microsoft as the "Most valuable global brand." Also, Google is named the most visited web site.
