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ARPANET, the first network that linked computers, was instituted at Stanford and UCLA
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In 1969, Unix, the basis for several modern programming languages, was first created for use on the earliest computer networks.
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After much testing in California, the word "internet" is first applied to the networks used to share information between universities.
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Throughout 1977, several versions of modems were created to connect computers through phone lines.
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In 1984, domain names were developed in an attempt to make the few web sites that existed easier to find.
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National Science Foundation allows access to supercomputer sites for use in universities and research organizations
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In the late '80s, the internew was made available in Europe and Asia more and more, though there were still restrictions put in place by the National Science Foundation
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The first email sends the user to the first webpage, which simply explains what the World Wide Web is.
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Throughout the early part of the 1990s, the Internet became available on a more commercial scale.
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The first graphical web browser, Mosaic, was released in 1993 but wasnt widely available.
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In 1994 the World Wide Web Consortium came together to create better standards fot the net after the NSF would relinquish control
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In 1995 the NSA finally ended the last restrictions on the internet and made it an entirely commercial enterprise.
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Throughout 1995 the companies AOL, CompuServe, and Prodigy came in to take over the internet.
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With the release of Windows 98 came the release of Internet Explorer, which was used as one of the biggest browsers for several years to come.
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In 1998 Google went live and went on to revolutionize the way people search the web.
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2004 saw the first "Web 2.0" sites appear. Theses ites are driven by rich media and are characterized by haveing a high level of user interactivity.