How Much Do You Know About The Internet Revolution?

In 1960’s, the technology behind the Internet began at MIT. “LOG” was the first message ever to have been transmitted. Do you know why? The user tried to type LOGIN; however, the network crashed after the massive load of data of the letter G.

Other Interesting Facts About The Internet

First Emoticon

The first emoticon was -). It was credited to Kevin Mackenzie in 1979. After 3 years, Scott Fahlman proposed to make it :-). Since then, it became the norm.

First Webcam

Cambridge University computer lab deployed the first webcam, primarily to monitor a certain coffee maker and avoid wasted trips to an empty pot.

First Banner Ad

The very first banner ad seen in the Internet was in 1994. This ad was part of At&Ts “you will” campaign, and was positioned on HotWired homepage.

Internet File Sharing

In 1991, the MP3 standard was invented. But it was only in 1998 that the first music file-sharing service went live and changed the way the Internet was used forever.

File sharing has been a problem for the authorities that managed it ever since the birth of the Internet. McGill University shut down their FTP indexing site in 1989 after knowing that it was responsible for half of the Internet traffic from America into Canada. Today, there are already several file indexing sites made.

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