M AKAYLIA J ONES Communication Timeline. 1792 Mechanical semaphore is invented in France.

MAKAYLIA JONES

Communication Timeline

1792Mechanical semaphore

is inventedin France.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mechanical_semaphores

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mechanical_semaphores

1830Ada Byron,

a mathematician,writes the world’s firstcomputer program fora computing machinedesigned by Charles

Babbage, butnever built.

http://inventors.about.com/od/lstartinventors/p/Ada_Lovelace.htm

http://inventors.about.com/od/lstartinventors/p/Ada_Lovelace.htm

1837Samuel Morse

invents a telegraphthat can send short

and long beeps, called“dots” and “dashes.”

http://inventors.about.com/od/tstartinventions/a/telegraph.htm

http://inventors.about.com/od/tstartinventions/a/telegraph.htm

1866

First successfultransmissions over

a transatlantic cable.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invention_of_the_telephone

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invention_of_the_telephone

1876Alexander Graham Bellinvents the telephone,transmitting the soundof the voice clearly over

electrical wires.

http://inventors.about.com/od/bstartinventors/a/telephone.htm



1884

First long distancephone calls are

made.

http://www.canadacool.com/COOLFACTS/ONTARIO/BrantfordBell.html

http://www.canadacool.com/COOLFACTS/ONTARIO/BrantfordBell.html

1990

Tim Berners-Leeinvents the World

Wide Web.

http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/

http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/

1901Gugliermo Marconisends the first radio

signal across theAtlantic Ocean.

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1909/marconi-bio.html

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1909/marconi-bio.html

1924Pictures are firsttransmitted overtelephone lines.

1928Very first few homes gettelevision sets to watch

broadcast programs.

1963First communicationssatellite is launched,allowing worldwide

live broadcast of the1964 Olympics.

1970The Internet is

invented by theU.S. government asa means of military

communication.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Internet




1972The first E-mail

messages are sent.

http://openmap.bbn.com/~tomlinso/ray/firstemailframe.html

http://openmap.bbn.com/~tomlinso/ray/firstemailframe.html

1979The first emoticon

is used in anE-mail message.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoticon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoticon

1982The first cell phones

are available for sale.

http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa070899.htm

http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa070899.htm

M AKAYLIA J ONES Communication Timeline. 1792 Mechanical semaphore is invented in France.

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