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The first wide area network is created. Thomas Merril and Lawrence G. Roberts use telephone lines to link computers across great distances -
Ethernet was created by Robert Metcalfe. This permitted local area network connections between computers, which has a significant impact on networking technology. -
NSFNET was created by the National Science Foundation. It was a fast network that connects research and academic organizations. -
The first search engine was launched by Tim Berners-Lee. It was called WWW Virtual Library. -
The World Wide Web, a system that would enable information sharing via the internet via hyperlinks and webpages, is proposed by British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee.
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The first website is launched by Berners-Lee. It was info.cern.ch. -
Netscape Communications is founded. It offered the Netscape Navigator browser which made the internet more popular. -
The first online dating site is created, match.com. -
Amazon was founded by Jeff Bezos. It was the first e-commerce website. -
Larry Page and Sergey Brin established Google, whose algorithm completely changed internet search. -
Wikipedia was created. This enabled users to work together to develop and edit articles. -
Facebook was created by Mark Zuckerberg and a few of his friends from college.
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Youtube was created. -
Twitter was created. Jack Dorsey was the company's founder. -
The first of many iPhones is released. -
Google Chrome is created, a very fast web browser. -
Bitcoin is created which first introduced cryptocurrency. -
Instagram was created. https://www.britannica.com/money/Instagram -
Chatgpt was first introduced. It was created by a group of 10 people. https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/who-invented-chatgpt/ -
5G networks are created which made faster internet speeds.