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First Link
Two computers, one at Stanford, one at UCLA, are directly linked via 1200bps phone line. -
Email created
Email was first developed by Ray Tomlinson in 1971. -
Usenet created
Usenet the internet's first public message board, is created by two graduate students. -
Domains Established
The domain name system is established, and the .com era begins. .Gov and .Edu are also invented. -
First Internet Service Provider
The first ISP is established as World.std.com, providing internet to the public. -
WWW created
The world-wide web system is created by CERN. -
Mosaic released.
Mosaic, the world's first free, public graphical browser, was released in 1993. -
Amazon and Ebay founded
Common industries such as banks, radio stations, and advertisers begin to use the internet for business. One of these startup businesses was Amazon, a popular online store. Another was Ebay, an oline auction house. -
Google created
Google, now the most popular search engine on the internet is introduced.