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ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency) goes online in December, connecting four major U.S. universities. Designed for research, education, and government organizations, it provides a communications network linking the country in the event that a military attack destroys conventional communications systems.
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Electronic mail is introduced by Ray Tomlinson, a Cambridge, Mass., computer scientist. He uses the @ to distinguish between the sender's name and network name in the email address.
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Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is designed and in 1983 it becomes the standard for communicating between computers over the Internet. One of these protocols, FTP (File Transfer Protocol), allows users to log onto a remote computer, list the files on that computer, and download files from that computer.
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Presidential candidate Jimmy Carter and running mate Walter Mondale use email to plan campaign events.Queen Elizabeth sends her first email. She's the first state leader to do so.
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The word 'internet' was created and used for the first time.
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Domain Name System is established, with network addresses identified by extensions such as .com, .org, and .edu.
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A virus called the Internet Worm temporarily shuts down about 10% of the world's Internet servers.
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The World (world.std.com) debuts as the first provider of dial-up Internet access for consumers.
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The White House launches its website, www.whitehouse.gov.
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They introduce the Navigator browser.
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On July 8, 1997, Internet traffic records are broken as the NASA website broadcasts images taken by Pathfinder on Mars.
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Google opens its first office, in California.
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MySpace.com is launched.
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About 9.8 billion electronic messages are sent daily.Wikipedia is created.
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As of January, 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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It's estimated that Internet users illegally download about 2.6 billion music files each month.
Spam, unsolicited email, becomes a server-clogging menace. It accounts for about half of all emails. Apple Computer introduces Apple iTunes Music Store, which allows people to download songs for 99 cents each. -
facebokok.com is launched
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YouTube.com is launched.
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There are more than 92 million websites online.
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The online game, World of Warcraft, hits a milestone when it surpasses 9 million subscribers worldwide in July.
