Computers,+the+Internet+&+the+Web

=Computers, the Internet & the Web=



1800s
1822 [|Charles Babbage] invents the computer 1871 Charles Babbage dies at the age of 79

1880 Herman Hollerith develops electronic punch card reader to do calculations 1885 Charles Babbage designs "computer"

1900s
1939- Jan. 1, 1939 the [|Hewlett-Packard Co.] was founded. 1941 British develop [|first binary computer] 1942 British develop Colossus, [|the first electronic digital computer] 1946 [|ENIAC], first general purpose electronic computer, goes into operation 1947 Invention of the [|transistor] by John Bardeen, Walter Brattain & Wiliam Shockley 1951 [|Univac] becomes the first commercial computer 1951 Census Bureau makes first successful commercial use of computers 1952 Grace Hopper develops the [|first computer compiler] 1956 The [|first hard disk random]access drive is created at IBM Photo of Univac

1956-[|BASIC]

1957 Soviet Union launches [|Sputnik], first human-constructed satellite 1960 Computer-based photo composition and typesetting begins 1960 [|Transit, first US satellite navigation system] successfully tested 1960- [|Licklider's] Man- Computer Symbiosis; IBM mainframe technology 1962 Air Force commissions [|Paul Baran] to develop a national computer network [|First communications satellite]

1962 First computer game invented- [|"Spacewar"] by Steve Russell 1964 [|First local area network (LAN)] 1964 Douglas Englehart developed the [|computer mouse]along with a five key "corded" keyboard 1965 [|Comsat satellite] launched 1964- McLuhan's [|Understanding Media] BASIC computer language designed to provide access for non-science students

1967 The first [|hand-held calculator]was invented 1968 The [|computer mouse] is invented by Douglas Engelbart 1969 [|ARPANET], forerunner to Internet goes online 1970- [|Nolan Bushnell] invented the first computerized video game, Computer Space. 1971 [|Email] is invented 1971 Michael Hart launches [|the Gutenberg Project], an effort to digitize, archive, and distribute creative works 1971 the [|"floppy disk"] is invented by Alan Shugart 1971 Microprocessor is developed 1972 [|Ray Tomlinson develops e-mail] [|Pong, first videogame] 1973- [|Gary Kildall]wrote a software control program he called CP/M. 1974 Term [|“Internet”]coined 1974- [|Ray Kurzweil] founded a company called Kurzweil Computer Products. 1975 [|Bill Gates and Paul Allen] develop operating system for personal computers Altair, first [|personal computer] introduced 1977 Steve Jobs and Stephen Wozniak perfect [|Apple II] First fiber optic network 1979- [|BITNET] 1980 [|Desktop publishing] begins 1981 [|IBM introduces the PC] 1982 The word [|Internet] is used for the first time ever 1983 [|First computer virus] created by Fred Cohen 1983 AOL, originally known as Quantum Computer Services, founded 1984 [|Apple Macintosh becomes first graphical PC] 1985 [|Microsoft Windows] is released 1986 [|Electronic Communications Privacy Act] extended government surveillance of information from telephone calls to include transmissions of electronic data by computer 1989 Compaq Laptop computer is introduced 1990 Hypertext Protocol ( HTTP) developed in switzerland

1990 Tim Berners-Lee coined the term world wide web

1991 opens to [|commercial users] [|HTML] developed 1992 [|World Wide Web] released 1993 The first web browser, Mosaic introduced 1993 4.6 million online in U.S. 1994- [|Spam Appears]

Mosaic 1994 [|Netscape Communications] is founded 1994 [|Internet advertising] begins Blogging begins (est.) 1994 [|Yahoo] is founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo [|Ward Cunningham develops WikiWikiWeb] 1995 Amazon begins selling books on the Internet 1995 [|Amazon] starts selling books on the Internet 1995 9.6 million online in U.S. 1995 Douglas Engelbart, because of his invention of the mouse, becomes the first recipient of what would later become the [|Yuri Rubinsky Memorial Award] 1995 Microsoft Internet Explorer is launched

Image of the First Internet Explorer [|Ebay] founded 1996 [|Communications Decency Act] passed (later repealed by Supreme Court for First Amendment violation) 1996 [|Telecommunications Act of 1996]brings V-chip, deregulation, and dramatic increase in mergers and takeovers 1996 10 million online in US 1997 // [|Mediamorphosis] // by [|Roger Fidler] introduces the idea of media convergence 1997 11 million online in US 1998 [|MP3 introduced] 1998 [|Music download sites proliferate on the Internet] 1998 [|Digital Millennium Copyright Term Extension Act] enacted 1998 Newspaper sites proliferate on Internet 1998 [|Children's Online Privacy Protection Act] passed (later repealed by 1998 Supreme Court for First Amendment violation) 1998 [|Google] founded 1998 19.1 million online in US 1998 Shawn Fanning creates [|Napster]

Interview with Shawn Fanning, creator of Napster media type="youtube" key="kor6l5wLNZg?fs=1" height="385" width="480" 1999- MySpace launced

2000s
2000 [|AOL] acquires Time Warner 2000 [|The Children's Internet Protection Act] passes limiting exposure to 2000 pornography and other explicit online content 2000 Napster Internet site ordered to end unauthorized file sharing 2000 [|Microsoft found guilty of antitrust violations] 2000 Internet sales 1,200% since 1997 2000 84% of internet users are Caucasian 2000- [|U.S. women pass men as users] 2001 “Dot-com bubble bursts” (est.) web begins to move from Web 1.0 (commercial sites) to Web 2.0 (social sites) 2001 Apple launches [|iPod] 2001 [|Code Red Worm] infects almost thousands of servers 2001 [|Wikipedia.org] is launched 2003 [|FCC Institutes relaxed media ownership rules] 2003 [|Social networking web sites appear (Web 2.0)]

2003 [|Skype] 2003 500 million users online worldwide 2003 [|iTunes]is invented and named "invention of the year" by Time Magazine 2003 The RIAA sues 261 individuals for allegedly distributing copyright music files over peer-to-peer networks 2003 [|CAN-SPAM (][|Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography And][|2003][|Marketing)][|Act] sets US standards for the sending of commercial [|e-mail] 2004 [|Facebook] founded 2004 Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin receive [|The Marconi Foundation Prize], which is the highest award in Engineering2004 [|Mozilla] Firefox founded 2005 [|YouTube] launched 2005 [|NewsCorp] buys MySpace 2006 [|Google buys YouTube] 2006 [|Twitter] launched 2006 [|Oovoo] is founded 2007 Google surpasses Microsoft as the most visited website 2007- laptops outsell desktops Google 2008 [|Hulu launched by NBC and NewsCorp] 2008 21.9% of world's population online 2008 215 million online in the U.S. 2008- Obama elected in first "[|Youtube election]" 2009-[|Windows 7] is manufactured 2009- Internet Browser “[|Internet Explorer 8] launched” 2008- [|Internet surpasses newspapers as news source]

2010 [|iTunes] hits its 10 billionth song download 2010 [|Facebook surpasses Google] as most visted website 2010- apple comes out with ipad 2010- Greyson Chance becomes an overnight sensation from this Youtube clip. media type="youtube" key="bxDlC7YV5is?fs=1" height="385" width="640"