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