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The first desktop computer.
The government creates the first computer that could store memory on the actual computer. -
Funds for ARPA become available
President Eisenhower introduces the ARPA project in an air force appropriations bill. -
The first network experiment
Two computers talked to each other using packet-switching technology. -
The ARPA begins.
Larry Roberts is the chief scientist of the project. -
The first link.
The first link between 2 computers was made between the University of California, Los-angeles and the Stanford research institute. -
First email
The first basic email program is created for ARPANET. -
First personal computers
IBM announces its first personal computer. -
New domain names.
The first domain name system is created by Jon Postel, Paul Mockapetris, and Craig Partridge. .edu, .gov, .com, .mil, .org, .net, and .int . -
.com is registered as a domain.
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25,000 pcs sold
over 25,000 PCs are sold in the US. -
Free antivirus software
McAffee Associates is founded and the first free antivirus software becomes available. -
ARPANET ends
The world wide web is created. -
The first web page was created
It explained what the world wide web was. -
The web grows
The web grows by 314,000%. -
Java has its first demonstration in public.
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Wndows 95 is released
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Hotmail is created
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Google is launched
The popular search engine google is created.