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This agency was created to help further research and development processes in the field of science and technology. It was launched in response to the Soviet's launching of Sputnik.
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Occurred at UCLA, and is considered the birth of the internet. Although no one knew of the internet yet.
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Connected host to switch to connect to another host 400 miles away. Occured at UCLA. This is said to be when the internet "took its first breath".
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The two computers were one meter apart. People preferred to communicate this way other than conversing in person.
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First computerized bulletin board system. Established in Berkley, California. People could put messages in the computer and then later look through the memory for specific notices.
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ENQUIRE is a software project that uses a simple hypertext program that paved the way for the world wide web goung forward.
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CERN was one of the world's largest physics labs. Located in Geneva. This is considered the birth of the World Wide Web.
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Anyone could create a website. Active in the United States until 2009. Users selected a "city" to put their content, based on what the content was about. (computers, entertainment, etc.)
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Founded by a group of Harvard students including Mark Zuckerberg. Allows users to add friends, like pages, and communicate with people across the world.
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Founded in San Francisco by Evan Williams and associates. Popular microblogging site in which users post "tweets" of 140 characters. Today there are approx. 307 million monthly users
