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The world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik, is launched by the USSR, leading to the inception of new technological developments around the world.
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In response to the USSR launching Sputnik in 1957, the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) is formed by the US government. It is created within the Department of Defense (DoD) to research science and technology beneficial to the military.
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Arpanet was the first network. The first connection was between researchers at UCLA and Stanford in 1969. This connection crashed after researchers typed three letters.
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In 1972 there were 24 sites on the ARPANET, which included the Department of Defense, NASA, and the Federal Reserve Board.
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Ray Tomlinson writes the Email program. This introduces the @ symbol to the computing and internet world. By 1993, 75% of network traffic becomes emails.
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University College of London (England) makes the first international connections to the ARPANET.
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Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom sends her first email on march 26 from the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment (RSRE) in Malvern.
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By March, 1977, there were 111 computers on the ARPANET.
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ARPANET grinds to a complete halt on October 27 because of an accidental status-message virus. This was considered the first major internet virus.
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The number of hosts on the internet breaks 100,000. The internet is starting to become more efficient and popular.
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The Internet celebrates its 25th anniversary. Shopping malls are introduced to the internet. The first online ordering service is started by Pizza Hut. (Zakon.org)
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Certain domain names are sold for amazingly high prices. "Insure.com" is sold for 16M in October. "Toys.com" is sold for 5.1M in February. "Candy.com" is sold for 3M and "Fly.com" is sold for 1.76M.
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