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Sputnik
The Sputnik satelliate is create by USSR and is the first satelliate to orbit the earth -
ARPA
The USA forms the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) which establishes US lead in science and technology available to the internet. -
Unix
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Packet Switching technology
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Arpanet network
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Email
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The first trans-Atlantic connection and the popularity of emailing
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The beginning of TCP/IP
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The email client
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The PC modem
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The Bulletin Board System
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MUD - The earliest form of multiplayer games
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Enquire Software
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The first emoticon
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Arpanet computers switch over to TCP/IP
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Desktop workstations
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Domain Name System (DNS)
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Protocol Wars
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The Internet Grows
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IRC - Internet Reay Chat
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AOL is launched
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The proposal for the World Wide Web
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First Commercial dial-up ISP
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World Wide Web protocols finished
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First Web page created
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First content-based search protocol
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MP3 becomes a standard
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The first webcam
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Governments join in on the fun
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Mosaic - first graphical web browser for general public
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Netscape Navigator
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Commercialization of the internet