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Evolving Internet
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Internet Invented
<a href='http://www.history.com/news/ask-history/who-invented-the-internet' >The first workable prototype of the Internet came in the late 1960s with the creation of ARPANET, or the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network.
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Email is created
Electronic mail is introduced by Ray Tomlinson, a Cambridge, Mass., computer scientist.Electronic mail is introduced by Ray Tomlinson, a Cambridge, Mass., computer scientist. -
Jimmy Carter and Queen Elizabeth
Presidential candidate Jimmy Carter and running mate Walter Mondale use email to plan campaign events.
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The word “Internet” is used for the first time.
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Quantum Computer Services, which later changes its name to America Online, debuts. It offers email, electronic bulletin boards, news, and other information.
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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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Google opens its first office, in California.
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There are more than 92 million websites online.
