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  The first message was sent across ARPANET at 10:30 pm on 29th october 1969.
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  during the 1970s a system called usenet developed, utilising the currentnetwork technology of the time. This allowed users to post messages and more.
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  the first search engine was created in 1990 by an American university student called Archie, its aim was to archive and be able to search for information.
