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The USSR launches Sputnik into space. In response to this, the United States creates the Advanced Research Projects Agency. (ARPA)
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Paul Baran conceives packet, switching technology, which became an integral part of the internet's conception.
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Robert Taylor, the acting director of ARPA's research division launches the Arpanet project, this essentiall is "the foundation for today's Internet.
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Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Inc. (BBN) wins the ARPA's contract to construct the interface Message Processors.
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1)The number of nodes in the IMP network increases to 15 compromising of 23 hosts.
2) Ray Tomilson, of the BBN, invents email. He even chooses the '@' sign to seperate the user from the host -
A denial-of-Service attack occurs to many large .coms, making people reconsider the internet security.
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The source of all worldly information, Wikipedia, launches.
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The Federal Trade Commission adopts laws to keep the internet free and open.
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The physical Interface Message Processor (IMP) network is constructed, linking four nodes: University of California, SRI (in stanford), University of california at Santa Barbara and University of Utah.
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1) Twitter Launches
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By 2020, the number of Internet users will reach almost 5 billion- equal to the entire world's population in 1987.
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As fast as 200 megabits per second; even speedier service for schools, libraries, and hospitals.
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A satellite networking using entangled photons for quantum-key distribution will create a fully secure unhackable internet.
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If trends continue- a device the size of a micro-SD card will have storage will have storage equivalent to three times the brain capacity of the entire human race.
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