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ARPAFound a way that computers can talk to each other in case of nuclear attack
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The first hosts on what would one day become the Internet
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Network between Harvard, MIT, and BBN in 1970 was created
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EmailDeveloped by Ray Tomlinson, who also made the decision to use the "@" symbol to seperate username from computer name
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A propposal was published to link Arpa-related networks together into a so-called "inter-work", which would have no central control and would work around a transmission control protocol (which eventually became TCP/IP).
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Email PopularityPresidential candidate Jimmy Carter and competitor Walter Mondale use email in campaigns.
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First Personal ModemThe modem was invented by Dennis Hayes and Dale Heatherington, and was introduced and initially sold to computer hobbyists.
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Spam is BornThe first unsolicited commercial email message(later known as spam), was sent out to 600 California
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GamingThe 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. -
'Internet'The word 'internet' is used for the first time
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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
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The first Domain Name Servers (DNS) was created. 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
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VirusA virus called the 'Internet Worm' temporarily shuts down about 10% of internet services around the world.
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Google OfficesGoogle offices are opened in California
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The code for the World Wide Web was written by Tim Berners-Lee, based on his
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The first web page was created
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Development of MosaicMosaic is created by Marc Andresson. It becomes the dominant navigating system for the internet, which now accounts for only 1% of all Internet traffic.
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White House WebsiteThe White House launches its website, www.whitehouse.gov.
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Java ReleaseSun Microsystems releases the Internet programming language called Java.
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Vatican's WebsiteThe Vatican launches its own website, www.vatican.va.
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StatisticsApproximately 45 million people are using the Internet. 43.2 million (44%) U.S. households own a personal computer, and 14 million of them are online.
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Creation of NapsterShawn Fanning invents Napster, a computer application that allows users to swap music over the Internet.
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Launch Of MyspaceMySpace.com is launched.
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YouTubeYouTube.com is launched
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Number of WebsitesThere are more than 92 million websites online.
