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HP's SiteHardware and Software manufacturing giant, Hewlett-Packard, is founded.
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Found a way that computer can talk to each other in case of nuclear attack.
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MouseThe first "Computer-aided display control" device, or mouse, was developed by Bill English.
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Netwarok between Harvad, MIT, and BBN (THe comany that created the "interface message processor" computers used to connect to the network) in 1970
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Developed by Ray Tomlinson, who also made the decision to use the "@" symbol to separate the user fromt he computer name. (which later on became the domain name)
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A proposoal was published to link Arpa-like networks together into a so-called "inter-network" and was introduced and initially sold to computer hobbyists.
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Microsoft's SiteSoftware development company, Microsoft, is founded.
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Apples SiteComputer manufacturer Apple was founded in part by Steve Jobs
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The modem was invented by Dennis Hayes and Dale Heatheringon, and was introduced and intially sold to computer hobbyists
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CDA popular way of transporting information was invented and named the CD or Compact Disk.
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The first unsolicited commercial email message(later known as spam), was sent out to 600 California Arpanet users by Gary Thuerk.
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The precursor to World of Warcraft and Second Life was developed in 1979, and was called MUD (short for MultiUser Dungeon), MUDs were entirely text-based virtual worlds, combining elements of role-playing games, interactive, fiction, and online chat.
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The first emoticon was used. While many credit Kevin MacKenzie with the invention of the emoticon in 1979, it was Scott Fahlman in 1982 who proposed using :-) after a joke, rather then the original -) proposed by MackKenzie.
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The first Domain Name Servers (DNS) was created. The domain name system was important in that it made addresses on the Internet more human-friendly compared to its numerical IP address counterparts. DNS Servers allowed Internet users to type in an easy-to-remember domain name and the convered it to the IP address automatically.
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Nexus' Original websiteThe first ever web browser, Worldwideweb, was invented. it was later renamed 'Nexus'.
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The code for the World Wide Web was written by Tim Berners-Lee, based on his proposal from the year before, along with the standars for HTML, HTTP, and URLs.
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brought some major innovations to the world of the Internet. The first web page was created and, much like the first email explained what email was, its purpose was to explain what the World Wide Web was.
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Adobe Flash PlayerA now widely used tool, flash player, was developed by Adobe.
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flash driveThe patent for the flash drive was filed in 1999 by Amir Ban, Dov Moran and Oron Ogdan in israel.
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wifiWi-fi was invented. An easier and more convenient alternative to dial up had arrived.
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FacebookFacebook, a now widely used social networking site, was founded by Mark Zuckerberg.
