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In the late 1960s the Arpanet was created by ARPA in the US Department of Defence.
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ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency) goes online in December, connecting four major U.S. universities. Designed for research, education, and government organizations, it provides a communications network linking the country in the event that a military attack destroys conventional communications systems.
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Electronic mail is introduced by Ray Tomlinson, a Cambridge, Mass., computer scientist. He uses the @ to distinguish between the sender's name and network name in the email address.
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A virus called the Internet Worm temporarily shuts down about 10% of the world's Internet servers.
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The Internet Society (ISOC) was established.
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Yahoo was created...
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Largest online auction and shopping was created.
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OMG! I love Facebook!!!
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The large video shring site YouTube was created.
