The Computer Is Born: A Factual Timeline
Science TriviaIn the last 30 years, the world has experienced an infusion of technology all stemming from the inception of the computer. Where were you when all this was happening?
1965 The first network experiment was directed by Larry Roberts at MIT Lincoln Lab, two computers talked to each other using packet-switching technology.
1972 The first basic e-mail programs was written by Ray Tomlinson.
1973 First international web connections were made to the ARPANET: University College of London (England) and Royal Radar Establishment (Norway).
1976 The APPLE computer was founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.
1976 Queen Elizabeth II sends out an email.
1981 IBM announces its first personal computer.
1981 Microsoft creates the DOS operating system.
1985 Symbolic.com becomes the first registered domain.
1987 25 million PCs sold in the US.
1989 McAfee Associates is founded; the anti-virus software was available for free.
1992 The term “surfing the internet” is fashioned by Jean Armour Polly.
1993 The Web grows by 341,000 percent in a year.
1996 The domain name tv.com sold to CNET for $15,000.
1997 Business.com sold for $150,000
1995 Windows 95 released and new, improved versions created thereafter.
2005 Most schools and households house a computer.