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Computers only worked on one task at a time
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the first unmanned satellite, Sputnik 1, was sent into orbit by the Soviet Union.
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TCP/IP Development Begins
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Vint Cerf and Robert Kahn publish "A Protocol for Packet Network Interconnection"
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Paul Mockapetris Invents Domain Name System
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First Meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
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Tim Berners-Lee Creates World Wide Web
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World Wide Web Opens to Public
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First Interop Test and Conference
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Réseaux IP Européens Network Coordination Centre (RIPE NCC) Begins Operations
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Number of Internet Hosts Exceeds One Million
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National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) Releases Mosaic Web Browser