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The history of the internet
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Sputnik launched
On october the 4th 1997 the Soviet union launched the first artifical satelite! It was the sizeof a beach balland toke only 98 minutes to orbit the earth. -
First Packet-switching network
On the 30th August 1969 the first ever packet switching network was formed between UCLA and SRI. This wasinvernted by Paul Baran -
When the "@" sign was invented
Between the months of November and December 1972 the @ sign was first invented and used for email by Ray Tomlinson.
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The first notice board online
In 1978 (not sure on exact date) BBS came up with the first online notice board for people to post comments on etc. -
The development of the DNS
In 1983 the develpment of the domain name system was created. -
"The world wide web"
In 1990 the term "the worldwide web" was invented by Tim Burners-Lee -
The first internet browser
Mosaic was released in 1993,making it the first intrenet web browser. -
45 Million people were using the internet
IN 1996 approximately 45 million people were using the internet worldwide. -
600-800 million people using the internet
In 2004, over the world 600-800 million people used the internet.
