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Launch of Soviet Satelite Sputnik
Sputnik 1 was launched by the soviets, becoming the first satellite to reach space, and creating a crucial point in the space race. Afraid of being out-done by the soviets, the US government created the Defense Advanced research Projects Agency to develop technology for the military, which would have a major role in the creation of the internet. -
NPL network
Donald Davies worked in the National Physical Library (NPL) in UK based on Packet switching. I would feature error control and switching nodes as routers, and Davies was the first to coin the term protocol. -
Merit network
Formed in 1966 to help development in 3 of Michigan's public universities. It was developed to include the processing of multiple requests of info at once, connections to terminals, interactive file transfer, and connections to other networks at the time. -
First link of the ARPAnet
The ARPAnet was first network to feature a network running through 1 terminal that connects and directs the information from one computer to its destination. It only was able to send 2 letters, L and O , before crashing when sending the G. -
CYCLADES
Developed by Luis Pouzin an alternative to the ARPAnet, to it was the first to implement a system where the hosts were responsible for delivering data, rather than the network having to manage the transfers. -
Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol
In 1974, Transmission Control Program was made as a common protocol was made to connect the many networks established, with the hosts being responsible. testing was done between networks, including the ARPANET and soon the TCP/IP wsa installed on many operating systems -
Optical networking
The first laser was invented by Gordon Gould in 1957. He then went on to found Optelecom, as corning glass was inventing the first fiber optic cables. in 1977, the first optical telephone system was created. by the early 1980s, optical networks were being used and being powered by lasers and LEDs. -
NSFNET
ARPA gave the APRANET to the US military in 1975, which became a private network for the military. other branches of the us government went into internet research, including the National Science foundation which created NSFNET in 1986. -
World wide web
Tim berners Lee created the world wide web, or www for short. This is only the first version of the world wide Web, with cell phones being an uncommon occurrence, computers being very big and bulky, and social media not even being a concept at this time. -
Scientific and Advanced-Technology Act
congress passed the Scientific and Advanced-Technology Act to allow use of the NSFNET for non-research purposes. this caused an uproar in the scientific community, who thought the commercial use of the NSFNET would make scientific research slower when using the NSFNET. -
Google is founded
Google was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in California. Google is now the main search engine for many users and is a multimillion dollar company. -
Wikipedia is released
Wikipedia was launched by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger. It is one of the most useful websites and one of the most visited. It defined how information is shared on the internet. -
Introduction of Faceboook
Facebook was created by Mark Zuckerberg of Harvard students. the site soon grew into one of the biggest social media sites after being released to the public in 2006. it has made many controversies along the lines of privacy and political manipulation. -
Founding of Youtube
YouTube was founded by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. it was intentionally meant as a dating website, but quickly turned into a social media website. this introduced the concept of content going viral and blogging about life. -
The first iPhone is launched
The iPhone was announced by Steve Jobs in 2007. This paved the way for mobile phones being used worldwide and featured a 3.5 inch screen and costed 499-599$. It was also the first to feature multi touch technology -
Instagram in Launched
Instagram was launched by Kevin Seistom and Mark Kreiger. This boosted the uses of smartphone photography and videography. It also promoted the influencer business and the spread of social media. -
Edward Snowden Leaks classified Documents.
Edward Snowden, in 2013, leaked private government documents to the public. these documents included global surveillance system and he was indicted soon after. This sparked debates about privacy and public security. -
General Data Protection Regulation
The GDPR is an EU regulation on privacy, and is a fundamental part of human rights and European rights. This helps the person have control of their information and who they want to share their information with. -
Covid-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 Pandemic Promoted the use of devices to communicate and to attain knowledge. the internet saw a massive wave of users, since there was no other way of communicating. Online shopping, video calls, Steaming content, working from home via internet, and school are some of the ways the internet was used during the pandemic. -
Chat GPT
In 2022, OpenAI released ChatGPT. People soon found out how powerful AI could be and its implications with real life jobs. AI art was on its first legs and started controversy of the use of AI in the workforce. ChatGPT was also used to cheat on schoolwork, which fueled the fire. AIs are still growing an developing to this day.