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Conception
J.C. R. Licklider and W.Clark write a paper describing a concept that they called the "On-line Man Computer Communications" which would later come to be known as the internet. -
ARPA project begins
Larry Roberts is head scientist for the program. -
ARPANET
ARPANET connects 4 of the largest universities in the United States. -
Email
Computer scientist Ray Tomlinson introduces electronic mail. -
TCP/IP
Transmisson Control Panel/Internet Protocol, or TCP/IP, is developed and later becomes the standard for internet communication. -
DOS
Disk Operating System is invented by Microsoft -
The Internet
The term "internet" is first introduced. -
DNS
The Domain Name System (DNS) is created, and extensions such as .org, .com, and .edu began to be used. -
Internet Worm
The Internet Worm virus disables 10% of all internet servers around the world. -
The World Wide Web
The World becomes the first internet service provider. Tim Berners-Lee develops the world wide web which allows users to connect to documents in websites with the use of hyperlinks. -
Archie
Peter Deutsch creates Archie as an index for the internet. It is the first search engine. -
America Online, CompuServe, and Prodigy
America Online, CompuServe and Prodigy all become internet service providers offering dial-up connections. -
45 million people using the internet
30 million of these people are Americans. -
Google
Google's first office is set up in California. -
Napster
College student Shawn Fanning creates Napster, which allows music to be swapped around the web. The term "E-commerce" is introduced as online shopping becomes more popular and Myspace.com is started. -
Wikipedia
Online encyclopedia Wikipedia is launched. Number of emails sent daily reaches 9.8 billion. -
544.2 million internet users worldwide
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iTunes
Apple launches its iTunes online music store, which offers music downloads for 99 cents per song. -
Facebook
Facebook is launched by college student Mark Zuckerberg. Amount of money spent onine reaches $117 billion which is a 23% increase from previous year. -
Youtube
Youtube is launched. -
Number of websites hits 92 million
