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ARPA which is also known as Advanced Research Projects Agency was founded by President Eisenhower.
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The modem was invented by AT&T
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The packing-switch concept was created by Paul Baran.
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The first wide-area network was created by the Western Electric company.
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The powerhouse electronics company which is now known as Apple was founded in 1976
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The first emoticon was used and invented by Scott Fahlman.
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The internet was invented by Robert Kahn and Vint Cerf.
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The first virus was created in 1986 and was called Brain.
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In 1988 the first worm was created and it was called the Morris Worm.
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The World Wide Web was invented by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989
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The Mosaic web browser was the first widely used web browser and it was launched in 1993.
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In 1994 the web browser Internet Explorer was launched by Thomas Reardon and the online powerhouse Amazon was founded.
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In 1995 the companies Yahoo and eBay were founded.
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In 1997 AOL launched instant messenger
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In 2001 Apple launched iTunes.
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In 2003 Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook.
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In 2004 the first mobile virus was created and it was called Cabir.
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In 2005 YouTube was launched by Jawed Karim, Chad Hurley, and Steve Chen.
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In 2007 Apple launched its first iPhone.
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In 2011 Skype was bought by Microsoft.