Timeline of The Internet

1960’s

The first wide area computer network was created, the very first email ever gets sent, and Arpent is born.

1970’s

Network control protocol is designed, email is introduced, transmission control protocol/internet protocol is designed, the first modem PC is developed and the bulletin board system is developed and spam is born.

1980’s

The very first emoticon is born, the word “internet” is used instead of the word “arpent”, the Domain name system is born, Cisco ships its first router and World.std.com becomes the first commercial provider of dial-up access.

1990’S

Tim Berners-Lee invents the widely used HTML, the world wide web goes mainstream, mp3 becomes a standard form of audio, the first graphical internet browser is born, multiple popular websites like Yahoo, eBay and Amazon ae born as well as Google.

2000’s

The Dot.com bubble bursts, many popular websites like YouTube and Wikipedia are born and social media is on the rise thanks to the likes of MySpace and Facebook, the web 2.0 era begins the very first iPhone is created and there are now more online devices than the number of people on earth.

2010’s

Many more popular websites are born like Instagram are born, Netflix launches its online movie streaming service in multiple countries, smartphones are on the rise like never before, more smart devices are created such as smart TVs, watches aswell as home speakers, and Disney make a bunch of garbage Star Wars movies that are worse than the Prequels.

2020’s

Someone decided to eat an animal they bought from a dodgy fish market in China so the whole world has to suffer because of it.

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