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Evolution of the Web

  • ARPA

    ARPA

    Fact Monster ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency) goes online in December, connecting 4 major Universities, designed for research.
  • Mail

    Mail

    Fact Monster Electronic mail is introduced by Ray Tomlinson
  • ARPA and MILNET

    ARPA and MILNET

    New Media ARPANET is split into two categories: MILNET which is used for national defense, military use and ARPANET which is used for research and education.
  • Domain Name

    Domain Name

    Fact Monster Domain Name System is created, using .com .org .edu to identify web adress.
  • Mosaic

    Mosaic

    Fact Monster Mosaic is created by Marc Andreessen. Became the most dominant navigating system for the World Wide Web.
  • Popularity

    Popularity

    Fact Monster By this time, 45 million people are using the internet world wide.
  • Google

    Google

    Fact Monster Google started up, and opened its first office in California.
  • Blackberry

    Blackberry

    InvestinTech Blackberry introduced the first phone to possess internet access. The Internet starts to go mobile.
  • Youtube

    Youtube

    InvestinTech Youtube starts up enabling people to upload videos from all of the world.
  • Security

    Security

    InvestinTech The U.S House of Representatives passes the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act.