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Arpanet was Created...
In the late 1960s the Arpanet was created by ARPA in the US Department of Defence. -
Connected Together
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. -
Email
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. -
The Word "Internet" is used for the 1st time...
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Worm Virus Detected...
A virus called the Internet Worm temporarily shuts down about 10% of the world's Internet servers. -
Internet Society
The Internet Society (ISOC) was established. -
Yahoo!
Yahoo was created... -
eBay
Largest online auction and shopping was created. -
Facebook was created
OMG! I love Facebook!!! -
YouTube was created
The large video shring site YouTube was created.
