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Steps ahead
In the late 1960's, the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) in the US Department of Defence developed a small network called the APRANET. It was a success from the start although originally designed to allow scientists to communicate information/data, electronic mail soon became the most popular application. -
Beginning of communication
In 1962 The RAND Corporation began research into robust, decenturalised communication networks for military command and control. -
Moving foward
In 1969, APRANET carries its first packets. -
Developing in leaps and bounds
By 1971, the APRANET had grown to 23 hosts connecting -
TCP/IP
Tranmission control prtocol/ Internet protocol is designed. -
First email
Presidential candidate Jimmy Carter and running mate Walter Mondale use email to plan campaign events.Queen Elizabeth sends her first email. She's the first state leader to do so. -
Internet
The word 'internet' is used for the first time. -
File Transfer Protocol
In 1983, it becomes standard for communicating between computers over the internet. The File Transfer Protocol allows users to log onto a remote computer, list the files on that computer and download files. -
Domain Name System
The DNS is established with network addresses identified by extensions such as .com, .org and .edu. -
Virus
A virus called the internet worm temporarily shuts down about 10% of the world's internet servers. -
White House
The White House launches its website, www.whitehouse.gov.Initial commerce sites are established and mass marketing campaigns are launched via email, introducing the term “spamming” to the Internet vocabulary.Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark start Netscape Communications. -
Internet users
Approximately 45 million people are using the Internet. -
NASA
On July 8, 1997, Internet traffic records are broken as the NASA website broadcasts images taken by Pathfinder on Mars. The broadcast generates 46 million hits in one day. -
Number of users
There are 544.2 million users using the WWW. -
Illegal downloads
It's estimated that Internet users illegally download about 2.6 billion music files each month. -
Facebook Created
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Launch of You Tube
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World of Warcraft
The online game, World of Warcraft, hits a milestone when it surpasses 9 million subscribers worldwide in July. -
Buying yahoo
In a move to challenge Google's dominance of search and advertising on the Internet, software giant Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion. -
Internet continues to change
Today, we are using the internet for many reasons including education, entertainment and finding out information that we didn't know.
