The journey from ARPANET to today’s digital world is marked by many important events. Here are some of the most significant milestones.
1971 – First Email
Ray Tomlinson invents email and chooses the “@” symbol to separate user names from host computers.
1974 – TCP/IP Proposed
Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn publish their paper on TCP/IP, laying the foundation for the modern internet.
1983 – TCP/IP Adopted
ARPANET switches to TCP/IP, officially creating the modern internet.
1990 – The First Search Engine
Archie, the first search engine, is created to index FTP archives.
1991 – The First Website
Tim Berners-Lee launches the first website and web server at CERN.
1993 – Mosaic Browser Released
Mosaic makes the web graphical and accessible to the general public.
1994 – First Online Ad
The first banner ad appears on HotWired.com.
1995 – Amazon & eBay Launch
Amazon starts as an online bookstore, and eBay launches as AuctionWeb.
1998 – Google Founded
Larry Page and Sergey Brin launch Google, revolutionizing web search.
2001 – Wikipedia Launches
Wikipedia begins, pioneering the wiki model of collaborative content.
2004 – Facebook Created
Mark Zuckerberg launches Facebook, ushering in the era of social media.
2005 – YouTube Founded
YouTube becomes the world’s leading video-sharing platform.