Pradez, Jana Grace M.

University of Santo Tomas

COMP1A

COMP1ATimeline History of Computer

1958President Eisenhower requests funds to create ARPA

1970 Alohanet, first packet radio network, operational at University of Hawaii.

1972First basic e-mail programs written by Ray Tomlinson@ sign (at)

1976 Apple Computer founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.

1978400 Arpanet users receive the first ever spam email inviting them to a product demo.

1981Microsoft creates DOS.IBM announces its first Personal Computer

1983William Gibson coins the term "cyberspace".It is a domain characterized by the use of electronics and the electromagnetic spectrum to store modify and exchange data via networked systems.

1990On Christmas Day 1990, Sir Tim Berners-Lee successfully implemented the World Wide Web.

1993Each time a certain HTML element is requested by a visitor, it is called a “hit” �and is recorded into a log file.The development of log file analysis led to the start of commercial web analytics with the founding of WebTrends in 1993.

1995Dr. Stephen Turner created Analog, the first log file analysis program to be completely free of charge.

1996The first widely used hosted hit counter service, Web-Counter, was born, sparking the trend of odometer-style hit counters displayed on each website landing page.

1998The Google search engine is born, changing the way users engage with the Internet.

2000The dot-com bubble bursts. Web sites such

as Yahoo! and eBay are hit by a large-scale

denial of service attack, highlighting the

vulnerability of the Internet.

2003

The SQL Slammer worm spread

worldwide in just 10 minutes. Myspace,

Skype and the Safari Web browser

debut.

2004

Facebook goes online and the era of

social networking begins. Mozilla unveils the Mozilla Firefox

browser.

2005

YouTube.com launches.

It is a website containing videos where people can view and upload

freely.

2011

Twitter and Facebook play a large role in the

Middle East revolts.

2011-2012

Microsoft bought SKYPE.

Worldwide Internet users break 2.4

billion.

REFERENCES

http://blog.clicktale.com/2010/11/17/a-brief-history-of-web-analytics/

http://dailyinfographic.com/history-of-the-internet1969-2012-infographic

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0193167.html

http://www.google.com.ph/imghp?hl=en&tab=ii