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Sputnik Released, Starting Global Telecommunications
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ARPA created by US Department of Defense
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Beginning of Internet : ARPANET
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First people communicate & email invented
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Public Demonstration of ARPANET and 40 machines connected
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The word "Internet" begins, and TCP/IP created
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First web browser avaliable (text only)
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The Year it all Change (look in details)
- About 50 HTTP servers and about 600 WWW sites on line; -WWW traffic measures 0.1% of backbone traffic. -Declaration that WWW technology would be freely usable by anyone, with no fees. -Working versions of Mosaic browser for X, PC/Windows and Macintosh
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10,000 WWW sites
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100,000 WWW sites
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500,000 sites, Microsoft starts & internet phone avaliable
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3.3 Million Sites & 300 million pages
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9.5 Million Sites & Online Banking & MP3 begins
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575 million sites & estimated 1.4 billion pages & broadband high speed begins
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1.3 million sites, streaming media avaliable
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22 Million sites & 6 Billion people online