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Sputnik 1
In 1957 the USSR launched the first artificial satellite in history -
The first workable prototype
Came in the late 1960s with the creation of ARPANET, or the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network -
Founded
Originally funded by the U.S. Department of Defense, ARPANET used packet switching to allow multiple computers to communicate on a single network. -
Electronic Commerce
In 1960, a tool is invented that would change everything. The Electronic Data Interchange or EDI, a platform that made it easier for companies to transmit financial data electronically, such as purchase orders and invoices. -
Paul Baran
Presented a communications system that, through computers connected to a decentralized network, was immune to external attacks. -
TX2
In 1965 a TX2 computer in Massachusetts was connected to a Q-32 in California via a switched but low speed and still limited telephone line. -
E-mail
Ray Tomlinson lays the foundation for what is now known as email. -
Web
Tim Berners Lee first described the hypertext transfer protocol that would lead to the first web using three new resources: HTML, HTTP, and a program called Web Browser. -
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web grew rapidly: in 1993 there were only 100 World Wide Web Sites and in 1997 there were already more than 200,000. -
Google
After the creation of the WWW, the launch of Google in 1997 marked a new turning point in the history of the Internet. Google brought this network to a wide audience by offering a simple to use browser. -
Social networks
Facebook is the most successful case of the Internet application as a means of communication and information, as it provides access to news and allows you to communicate with other people in real time. -
You Tube
It marked a before and after in the history of the Internet, as it showed that it also serves as a means of entertainment, eventually replacing traditional media such as television or radio.