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Sputnik is launched
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The United States Department of Defence develops ARPA
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Andries van Dam and Ted Nelson coin the term "hypertext"
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ARPANET
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Altair produces the first portable computer
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Over half a million computers are in use in the United States
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The World Wide Web becomes operational by the NSF
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Albert Gore (D-TN) introduce S 2594Supercomputer Network Study Act of 1986
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Operatable Internet when wiring straight up to it
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Gore's "International Telecommunications Union"
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Goole is Born
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Stamps go electronic -- E-mail. Invented by Ray Tomlinson
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Myspace is invented
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Bill Gates introduces the Xbox
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iTunes is introduced
