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Military goes on line in december. linking the country in the event that a military attack destroys conventional communications systems.
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Ray Tomlinson,uses the @ to distinguish between the sender's name and network name in the email address.
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FTP (File Transfer Protocol), allows users to log onto a remote computer, list the files on that computer, and download files from that computer.
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The word “Internet” is used for the first time
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(DNS) is established, with network addresses identified by extensions such as .com, .org, and .edu.
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A virus called the Internet Worm temporarily shuts down about 10% of the world's Internet servers.
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The World
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Sun Microsystems releases the Internet programming language called Java.
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The number of Internet users worldwide reaches 150 million by the beginning of 1999. More than 50% are from the United States.
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self-replicating viruses that send themselves to people listed in a computer user's email address book
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It's estimated that Internet users illegally download about 2.6 billion music files each month.
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Online spending reaches a record high—$117 billion in 2004, a 26% increase over 2003.
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