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1950
Initial concepts of packet networking -
1959
Stemming from an interest in the survivability of communications networks -
1969
Arpanet -
1973
Performance Systems International begins offering TCP/IP network services to businesses. -
History of the internet
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1980
the National Science Foundation (NSF) funded the Computer Science Network -
1982
Ethernet product for workstation computers followed by a version for personal computers. -
1984
Apple Macintosh is launched. -
1990
the Internet has had a revolutionary impact on culture and commerce, including the rise of near-instant communication by electronic mail, instant messaging, voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone calls, two-way interactive video calls, and the World Wide Web with its discussion forums, blogs, social networking, and online shopping sites. -
1999
The dawn of internet music and video piracy controversies rises with the introduction of the Napster file-sharing software by Shawn Fanning, a college student. -
2000
Microsoft is ordered to break into two separate businesses -
2002
Napster is shut down after it fails to win a lawsuit brought by the Recording Industry Association of America. -
2003
The rise of spam; unsolicited junk mail messages begin to account for over half of all e-mail messages sent and received. Though the US Congress passes anti-spam legislation, the scourge of unsolicited email remains.