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ARPANET
ARPANET is the U.S. Advanced Research Projects Agency Network which was the seminal net that became what we now know as the Internet. Created on behalf of the United States Department of Defense. Bob Taylor as Initiator and Larry Roberts as program manager. -
First email ever sent
Ray Tomlinson sent the first message across the network and made the use of the "@" sign to separate user name from user's machine. -
The first Microprocessor
The Intel 4004 was a 4-bit processor that helped Intel become a global leader. Marcian "Ted" Hoff, is the inventor for the first commercial microprocessor to function as a computer. -
IBM launches a PC
The personal computer (PC) was released being the first PC to be widely adopted. Designed by a team led by William C Lowe and Philip Don. -
Google was founded
The search engine was founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page. Most internet users worldwide use Google being the most popular search engine for news, images, videos and articles.