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After the Soviet Union launched this into space, U.S. decided to create the Advanced research Projects Agency (ARPA) trying to become the leading force in science and new technologies.
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J.C.R. Licklider proposes the idea of a “Galactic Network", this is the first time ideas of global network of computers are introduced.
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They created the first network by linking four different nodes in California and Utah; one at the University of Utah, one at the University of California Santa Barbara, one at Stanford and one at the University of California at Los Angeles.
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Ray Tomlinson working for BBN creates the first program for email.
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Vinton Cerf from Stanford and Bob Kahn from DARPA began work for developing TCP/IP to allow computers on different networks to communicate with each other.
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The National Science Foundation releases CSNET 56 to allow computers to network without being connected to government networks.
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Domain Name System introduced to allow domain names to automatically be assigned an IP number.
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The first search engine is created by McGill University, called the Archie Search Engine.
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First internet ordering system created by Pizza Hut
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Nokia releases first cell phone with internet access
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A wireless technology called 802.11b (Wi-Fi) is standardized.
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Mydoom, the fastest spreading email computer worm is released. It was estimated that 1 in 12 emails were infected.
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YouTube launches.
