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The word “Internet” is used for the first time.
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Network addresses are identified by extensions like as .com, .org, and .edu, etc.
Writer William Gibson coins the term “cyberspace.” -
The World Wide Web was invented
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William Gopher, which provides the point-and-click navigation, is created at the University of Minnesota and named after the school mascot
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Wi-Fi was created by the military
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The White House creates its own website, www.whitehouse.gov.
Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark introduce the Navigator browser. -
Sun Microsystems releases the Internet programming language which is called Java.
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Approximately 45 million people are using the Internet, with roughly 30 million of those in North America (United States and Canada), 9 million in Europe, and 6 million in Asia/Pacific (Australia, Japan, etc.).
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On that date the Internet traffic records are broken as the NASA website uploaded images taken by the Pathfinder on Mars. The broadcast generates 46 million hits in one day.
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Google opens its first office, in California and it is created.
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Some viruses like the "Love Bug" and "Stages" started causing problems and some companies had to temporally shut down.
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Wikipedia is created.
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In January, 58.5% of the U.S. population (164.14 million people) uses the Internet and there where over 544.2 million users.
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It was estimated that Internet users illegally downloaded about 2.6 billion music files each month.
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Apple creates Apple iTunes Music Store, which allows people to download songs for 99 cents each.
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Internet Worm, called MyDoom or Novarg, was spread through the Internet and about 1 in 12 email’s where infected.
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YouTube.com is crated.
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The internet reaches more than 92 million websites online.