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The company BELL creates the first modem that allowed to transmit binary data on a simple telephone line.
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Initiation of investigations by ARPA, an agency of the United States Department of Defense, where J.C.R. Licklider successfully defends his ideas regarding a global network of computers.
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Leonard Kleinrock publishes a book on packet-switching communication to implement a network
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First conference on ARPANET
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Connection of the first computers between 4 American universities through the Interface Message Processor by Leonard Kleinrock
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23 computers are connected to ARPANET. Sending the first mail by Ray Tomlinson
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Birth of the InterNetworking Group, organization in charge of administering Internet.
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Creation of NewsGroups (discussion forums) by American students.
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Definition of the word "Internet"
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100000 computers connected worldwide
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Disappearance of ARPANET
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The World Wide Web is publicly announced
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1 million connected computers
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Appearance of the web browser NCSA Mosaic1
First searcher of history, Wandex served as an index of web pages -
10 million connected computers.
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Explosion of Bubble.com
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First website that allowed tactile interaction