Eventos
MIT Scientist Paul Baran developed "packet switching,"
this created the first government "internet"
called ARPAnetJ.C.R. Licklider proposed the "galactic network"
idea to make long distance communication possible
and efficient.Tim Berners-Lee created the World Wide Web,
introducing a "web" of information that anyone
can accessARPAnet adopts TCP/IP, creating a "network of networks,"
which later became the modern internetBill Gates introduces the first XboxApproximately 1 billion PCs have been soldeBay acquires SkypeSkype announces that it has over
1 million registered usersAn 3D animation of a dancing baby gained
internet popularity over emails and forums, becoming
one of the first viral videosOne of the first internet memes gains popularity,
after an English arcade game incorrectly translated
a Japanese phrase into "all your are base belong to us"Facebook is introduced after it
was created by Harvard University students
(Mark Zuckerberg), gaining 1,000 users within 24 hoursSeveral of the world's largest websites
joined to create the largest internet protest after
a censorship law was passedTwitter is launchedThe Federal Trade Commission adopts laws to keep the
internet free and openFacebook has over 1
billion usersPinterest is published in over
30 languages and has over 73
million usersThe internet celebrates its 40th
birthday
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