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Packet switching networks such as Merit Network was developed.
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The term "internet" was born after Vint Cerf and Robert Kahan published " A protocol for Packet Network Interconnection."
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Presidential candidate Jimmy Carter and running mate Walter Mondale use email to plan campaign events
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IBM hires Paul Allen and Bill Gates to create an operating system for a new PC.
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The White House launches its website www.whitehouse.gov
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Approximately 45 million people are using the internet and roughly 30 million of them are in North America.
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Google opens its first office in California
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Wikipedia is created
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Youtube.com is launched.
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Microsof offers to buy yahoo for 44.6 Billion Dollars