Scientists publish protocol for a network packet of intercommunication
Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale use email to plan campaign events
“Internet” is used for the first time
DNS is established, with network addresses identified by extensions such as .com, .org, and .edu.
A virus called the Internet Worm shuts down about 10% of the world's Internet servers
The first effort to index the Internet is created
The White House launches its website, www.whitehouse.gov.
Approximately 45 million people are using the Internet
-Google opens its first office, in California.
College student Shawn Fanning invents Napster, a computer application that allows to exchange music over the Internet
To the chagrin of the Internet population, deviant computer programmers begin designing and circulating viruses with greater frequency. “Love Bug” and “Stages”