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Who invented the internet? Technically, the internet was first created in the 1960's, but it was simply a prototype at the time. At the time, it was simply known as ARPANET. Then, in 1983, ARPANET adopted TCP/IP, and from there people began working on the "network of networks" that is now the modern internet.
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History of the Internet The Domain Name System - or DNS for short - was established during this time, as were a few website extensions such as ".com", ".org", and ".edu".
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History of the Internet America Online (or AOL for short), formerly known as Quantum Computer Services, made its debut during this time. AOL offered email, news bulletins, and other information.
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Internet Worm A virus known as the Internet Worm, or the Morris Worm, was distributed on this day. It caused 10% of the world's internet servers to be temporarily shut down.
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History of the Internet The White House launches its own website for the public.
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History of the Internet The Vatican launches its own website for the public to view.
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History of the Internet World famous computer company Google opened its very first office at this time.
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History of the Internet The social media website known as MySpace launched at this time. Since then, it has significantly dropped in popularity.
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History of the Internet The world-famous online dictionary known as Wikipedia launched during this time.
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When was iTunes created? The famous media player/online music shop developed by Apple, iTunes, was created at this time. Since then, millions of songs/song albums have been released on iTunes for people to purchase.
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Google Search - When was Facebook created? The world-famous social media site Facebook was created at this time. Since then, millions upon millions of people have joined Facebook.
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History of the Internet The world-famous online video website YouTube was created at this time. Since then, millions of people have joined. Google purchased YouTube in November of 2006.
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Google Search - When was Twitter created? Another world-famous social media website, Twitter, was created at this time. Just like Facebook, millions of people have joined since it was created.
