APCSP Internet Timeline
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Updated: 31 Oct 2018
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Created byHeather Lynch
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Start of the internetWorld wide web became available to the publicthe domain name system established .edu, .com, .net, e.t.c for naming websitesaudio and video are distributed over the internetFacebook goes onlineinternet has its 40th anniversarysocial networking becomes popularInstagram is launched, causing even more people to use social networking sitesthere are voice-activated assistant programs
like Siri, Alexa, and google assistant.U.S governemnt creats ARPALeonard Kleinrock pioneers the packet-switching concept (at MIT)J.C.R. Licklider writes memos about his Intergalactic Network concept of networked computersPaul Baran develops message blocks in the U.SDonald Watts Davies creates a similar technology called packet-switchingLawrence roberts creates 1st wide-area network
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