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Proposed the idea of a network of computers that could talk to one another
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The first ever message was sent from one computer (ucla) to another (stanford university) over the arpanet which was the governments computer network during that time
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Vinton Cerf created Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) which was a way to introduce computers from across the globe to one another in a virtual space. After it was then called Internet Protocol (IP)
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University of Hawaii's aloha network was added followed by other networks in London and Norway
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Ray Tomlinson was developing the first system to send mail back and fourth between users of Arpanet. This was eventually called Email, and the @ symbol was born so users have their name and their host name apart
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Robert Metcalfe developed the Ethernet which was a system for connecting a number of computer systems to form a local area network.
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Dial Up Internet access is a method of connecting to the internet via telephone line
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Tim Berners-Lee created the world wide web which wasn't just a network available to scientist anymore, but to anyone who had an internet connection.
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An Internet browser that was created in 1992 that was first to have a graphical interface
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Another web browser was created in 1993 named Mosaic and it popularized surfing the web and became a huge influence for future web browsers to come.
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In 1994 Netscape Navigator became the most popular browser at the time accounting for 90% of web usage in 1995
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Wireless Internet also commonly known as WiFi was introduced in the late 90's
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In 2007 the first IPhone was launched on June 29th in the United States
