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The first e-mail program was created by Ray Tomlinson of BBN. The Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) was renamed The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (or DARPA).
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First Use of term Internet by Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn in paper on Transmission Control Protocol.
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Dr. Robert M. Metcalfe develops Ethernet, which which allowed coaxial cable to move data extremely fast.This was a crucial component to the development of LANs.The packet satellite project went into practical use.
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Internet Activities Board (IAB) was created in 1983. On January 1st, every machine connected to ARPANET had to use TCP/IP. TCP/IP became the core Internet protocol and replaced NCP entirely.
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The NSF established a new network, named NREN, the National Research and Education Network. The purpose of this network is to conduct high speed networking research.
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Internet Society is chartered. World-Wide Web released by CERN. NSFNET backbone upgraded to T3 (44.736Mbps).
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Hundreds of thousands of new hosts were added to the INTERNET during this time period.
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Most Internet traffic is carried by backbones of independent ISPs, including MCI, AT&T, Sprint, UUnet, BBN planet, ANS, and more.
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Internet2 is an exceptional community of U.S. and international leaders in research, academia, industry and government who collaborate via innovative technologies.
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Over the years that follow, this technology begins appearing as a built-in feature of portable computers and many handheld devices.
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As of today, the Internet has expanded into many ways and into many kinds of devices. The web can help with communication, production, commercial advertising and business, news, and entertainment and recreation.