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Elecronic mail (email), was introduced by Ray Tomlinson. He used the @ to distinguish between the sender and network name in the email address.
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The first time the word "Internet", was used.
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Quantum Computer Service debuts, it offers email, electronic bulletin boards, news, and other internet servers. It later changed its name to America Online.
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Virus called the Internet Worm temporarily shuts down about 10% of the world's internet servers.
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The White House launch www.whitehouse.gov. Initial commerce sites are established and mass marketing campaigns are launched via email, which introduced the term "spamming" to the internet vocabulary.
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In 1998, Google opens its first office in California.
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The internet population increased, and after 5 May 2000, more programmers begin designing and circulating viruses with greater frequency. "The Love Bug" and "Stages" are examples of tself-replicating viruses that send themselves to people listed in a computer user's email adress book.
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58.5% of the U.S. population (164.14 million people) uses the internet. Worldwide there are 544.2 million users.
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YouTube is found and launch and since late 2006, its been owned by Google.
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In 2006, there are more than 92 million websites online.