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USSR launches Sputnik into space and, with it, Global Communications.
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The United States government creates the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) in response to Sputnik launch.
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Leonard Kleinrock is the founder the packet-switching concept.
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The first universal standard for computers, ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Exchange) is developed by a joint industry-government committee. ASCII permits machines from different manufacturers to exchange data.
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Electronic mail is introduced by Ray Tomlinson, a Cambridge, Mass., computer scientist. He uses the @ to distinguish between the sender's name and network name in the email address.
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The word "Internet" is used for the first time.
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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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Youtube.com is launched
