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Found a way that computers can talk to each other in case of a nuclear attack ARPA
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Computers at Stanford and UCLA connected the first hosts on what would one day become the internet. [Stanford and UCLA
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Network between Harvard, MIT, and BBN (the company that created the "interface message processor" computers used to connect to the network) in 1970 was created. (http://www.timetoast.com) [AN Arpanet]
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Developed by Ray Tomlinson, who also made the decision to use the "@" symbol to separate the user name from the computer name (which later on became the domain name)
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A proposal was published to link Arpa-like networks together into a so-called "inter-network", which would have no central control and would work around a transmission control protocol (which eventually became TCP/IP). (http://www.timetoast.com)
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The modem was invented by Dennis Hayes and Dale Heatherington, and was introduced and initially sold to computer hobbyists.
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The first unsolicited commercial email message(later known as spam), was sent out to 600 California Arpanet users by Gary Thuerk.
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The precursor to World of Warcraft and Second Life was developed in 1979, and was called MUD (short for MultiUser Dungeon). MUDs were entirely text-based virtual worlds, combining elements of role-playing games, interactive, fiction, and online chat. (http://www.timetoast.com) [MUD]
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The first emoticon was used While many people credit Kevin MacKenzie with the invention of the emoticon in 1979, it was Scott Fahlman in 1982 who proposed using :-) after a joke, rather than the original -) proposed by MacKenzie. Emoji
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The domain name system was important in that it made addresses on the Internet more human-friendly compared to its numerical IP address counterparts. DNS servers allowed Internet users to type in an easy-to-remember domain name and then converted it to the IP address automatically. DNS
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World Wide Web protocols finished The code for the World Wide Web was written by Tim Berners-Lee, based on his proposal from the year before, along with the standards for HTML, HTTP, and URLs. World wide web
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First web page created 1991 brought some major innovations to the world of the Internet. The first web page was created and, much like the first email explained what email was, its purpose was to explain what the World Wide Web was. (http://www.timetoast.com)
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Dr. Haruhisa Ishida introduces UNIX computing and the concept of internetworking to Japan. (http://www.internethalloffame.org/internet-history/timeline) [Japan gets internet]
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Brandenburg and his team settle on a file extension for the audio format, shortening MPEG1, Layer 3 to MP3. (http://www.internethalloffame.org/internet-history/timeline) [mp3]
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Yahoo had grown into a directory of 10,000 sites and was getting more than 100,000 unique visitors a day. (http://www.internethistorypodcast.com/2015/03/on-the-20th-anniversary-the-history-of-yahoos-founding/) [Yahoo!]
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There is more email than postal mail in the U.S., and Brewster Kahle founds the Internet Archive, a free digital library with a mission to provide “universal access to all knowledge.” (http://www.internethalloffame.org/internet-history/timeline) [Email-Post mail]
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Vixie creates the first anti-spam company MAPS (Mail Abuse Prevention System). (http://www.internethalloffame.org/internet-history/timeline) [MAPS]
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Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page created Google in order to organize information on the Internet and help users find the information they were looking for. (https://www.reference.com/history/google-invented-36dd94c6dd6a8dd7) [Google]
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Professor Nii Quaynor, known as Africa’s ‘Father of the Internet,’ convenes the first training workshop for the African Network Operators’ Group. His efforts have a profound impact on the continent’s Internet growth (http://www.internethalloffame.org/internet-history/timeline) [Africa gets internet]
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Apple® today introduced iTunes, the world’s best and easiest to use “jukebox” software that lets users create and manage their own music library on their Mac®. (https://www.apple.com/pr/library/2001/01/09Apple-Introduces-iTunes-Worlds-Best-and-Easiest-To-Use-Jukebox-Software.html) [iTunes]
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Wikipedia, free Internet-based encyclopaedia, started in 2001, that operates under an open-source management style. It is overseen by the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation. (https://www.britannica.com/topic/Wikipedia) [Wikipedia]
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Google released its second web browser yesterday afternoon, adding additional headroom for web applications stretching the limits of what it’s possible to accomplish within a web browser. (http://www.niallkennedy.com/blog/2008/09/google-chrome.html) [Chrome]
