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Telegraph
Invented by Cook and Weatstone -
Telephone
invented by Alexander Graham Bell -
USSR launches Sputnik
Sputnik was launched as the first artificial earth satilite. -
The Birth of Internet
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Electronic mail is introduced
Ray Tomilson uses the @ sign to distinguish between a senders name and their network name in the e-mail address -
Queen Elizabeth sends her first e-mail
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The word "internet" is used for the first time.
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Domain Name System is established
extensions like .com, .org, and .edu are identified. -
Quantum Computer Services debuts
It offers email, electronic bulletin boards, and news. This is now called America Online. -
Internet Worm comes into play
The virus temporarily shuts down 10% of the world's internet servers. -
The World debuts as the first dial-up internet provider
world.std.com. -
Tim Berners-Lee
He develops a knew way to distribute information on the internet. It's called the World Wide Web. -
The White House
The White House introduces its website WWW.whitehouse.gov -
Netscape Communications
Netscape Communications was started by Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark. They also introduce the navigator browser. -
Dial-Up internet
CompuServe, America Online, and Prodigy begin providing dial- up internet access. -
Sun Microsystems
Release Java, the internet programming language -
Internet
Approximately 45 million people are using the internet. -
Blog
The term "weblog" is being used. Later shortened to "blog" -
Google
Google opens their first office in California. -
Youtube
Youtube is launched.
