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In 1960, J.C.R Licklider came up with the idea of a global network, that would link all computers and allow near-instantaneous communications. Before the internet, the only networks were intranets, capable of sharing data with computers or other things only if they were inside the network.
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Licklider is hired by Jack Ruina from DARPA, and is given a mandate to connect the networks of the Pentagon and the SAC headquarters with the United States Department of Defense's main computers at Cheyenne Mountain. Great Success!
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Unix goes mainstream
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The first ARPANET link was established in 1969 between the University of California, Los Angeles and the Stanford Research Institute. This was a revolution and was soon followed by the december 5th addtion of the University of Utah and the University of California, Santa Barbara. This was a 4-node netowkr, capable of transmitting data over the ARPANET, the fore-runner of the Internet.
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The October ARPANET network was expanded to include the University of Utah and the University of California in Santa Barbera.
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Email was invented by Ray Tomilson, who also came up with the idea to use the @ to separate the user- from the domain name
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The first trans-atlantic connection is formed, and internet grows in popularity
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TCP/IP is introduced
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Businesses start to use the new X.25 and the linked Telenet to use a primitive form of email. Unlike ARPANET, it was available for public use, and was less advanced.
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Dennis Haves and Dale Heatherington introduce the Wi-Fi modem for PC's (Personal Computers, NOT Windows computers! :) )
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The BBS is introduced
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the earliest form of multiplayer games that use the internet to connect
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Usenet is introduced. Usenet is a form of internet communication that represents the precursor of today's internet forums.
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The original WorldWide Web!
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The first emoticon was used (e.g. :) )
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The world says goodbye to ARPANET and says a big hello to the TCP/IP system.
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Desktop personal computers are introduced
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The University College London replaced its transatlantic satellite links with TCP/IP.
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Domain Name Systems are introduced
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Umm.... like Star Wars???
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there are now 30,000 hosts on the Internet at a backbone speed of 56 kbps (kilobytes per second)
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In 1989, Australian universities joined the push towards using Internet Protocols to unify their networking infrastructures. AARNet was formed by the Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee and provided a dedicated IP-address-based network for Australia.
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The AOL email site is launched
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The First search engine
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The first commercial dial system is announced and launched.
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The coding for Tim Berners-lee's WWW is completed, along with HTTP, HTML and URLs
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The first webpage is created
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The first content- and title-based search engine is launched. this allows you to search for article content rather than just title content in search terms. It is called Gopher
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MP3 music becomes the standard for music
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Webcams are invented!
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First graphical internet browser
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.gov and .org domain names!
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the search engine Yahoo! was founded this year!
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secure banking transactions are now possible online
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The internet is used for businesses!
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What a year! JavaScript coding language is invented by the Sun cooperation
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Web-based email is invented! on my birthyear too!
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The term weblog is coined and utilised (from it we get blog)
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Google was founded this year
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somewhat self-explanitory!
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File-sharing and p-2-p emerges and enters society, firmly rooting itself down. Napster becomes popular, and is used to download illegal or biegemarket copies of music over the internet
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The first mobile phone with internet connectivity capabilities was the Nokia 9000 Communicator. This was a Finish phone launched in 1996.
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The first email for mobile phones was launched out of the Research in Motion department for the Blackberry.
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Released by Research in Motion, the Wireless Application Protocol was designed for mobile internet devices. It was designed to efficently use the tiny screen, small keypad and one-handed operation of wireless internet devices such as "Palm Pilots" and mobile phones with internet or Wi-Fi access.
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Wikipedia is launched, starting thousands of teacher-student confrontations
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The original iPod is invented, starting a new wave of internet music downloads
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Skype is invented and gives a user-friendly look to Voice over Internet Protocols calling
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MySpace is now the most popular social networking site EVER
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Internet video streaming and personal online videos are now extremely popular
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The 'Birds' are released!
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People start placing TV shows onto the internet
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the iPhone and the Mobile Internet concept are born.
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People are able to upload personalities and memories for storage, mobile internet becomes commonplace, shopping and purchases are primarily done online, people are using 3D printers to order basic products and food over the internet in seconds. Hospitals clone organs from information found on the web. Where else do you think we'll go?
