1970 - 1979

*Pivotal Moments in the Evolution of the Internet

By Jamie Herring

1971 Key Invention

Intel 4004

First commercial microprocessor

*1971

*EmailThe most widely used facility of theinternet

Ray Tomlinson

*Dawn of the Web

*1972

ARPANET and packet switching demonstrated at ICCC

*1973: The Ethernet

Turns PCs into communication tools by linking them together

*1975: Production of the Altair 8800

The Altair 8800 revolutionized the way we communicate

*Bill Gates forms Microsoft: 1975

*An Empire is Born

“I'm a great believer that any tool that enhances communication has profound effects in terms of how people can learn from each other, and how they can achieve the kind of freedoms that they're interested in.”

- Bill Gates

*1976: Apple Computer Company Formed

*1976: TCP/IP

Allows almost any two networks to join together

*1977: the Apple II

*1979: USENET

*Sources*http://www.unix.org/whitepapers/wp-0

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*http://www.intel.com/about/companyinfo/museum/exhibits/4004/facts.htm

*http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/4004/

*http://www.adbh.co.uk/t171/tma4.php

*http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/05/tob_cray1/

*http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa091598.htm

*http://www.giganews.com/usenet-history/origins.html

*http://www.historyofinformation.com/index.php?era=1970