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ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY
ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency) goes online in December, connecting four major U.S. universities. Designed for research, education, and government organizations, it provides a communications network linking the country in the event that a military attack destroys conventional communications systems. -
ELECTRONIC MAIL
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. -
TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is designed and in 1983 it becomes the standard for communicating between computers over the Internet. One of these protocols, FTP (File Transfer Protocol), allows users to log onto a remote computer, list the files on that computer, and download files from that computer. -
QUEEN RECIEVES FIRST EMAIL
Presidential candidate Jimmy Carter and running mate Walter Mondale use email to plan campaign events.Queen Elizabeth sends her first email. She's the first state leader to do so. -
INTERNET
The word 'internet' was created and used for the first time. -
.com.au
Domain Name System is established, with network addresses identified by extensions such as .com, .org, and .edu. -
INTERNET WORM
A virus called the Internet Worm temporarily shuts down about 10% of the world's Internet servers. -
DIAL UP INTERNET
The World (world.std.com) debuts as the first provider of dial-up Internet access for consumers. -
LAUNCH OF WHITEHOUSE WEBSITE
The White House launches its website, www.whitehouse.gov. -
NAVAGATION BROWSER
They introduce the Navigator browser. -
NASA
On July 8, 1997, Internet traffic records are broken as the NASA website broadcasts images taken by Pathfinder on Mars. -
GOOGLE
Google opens its first office, in California. -
MYSPACE
MySpace.com is launched. -
WIKIPEDIA
About 9.8 billion electronic messages are sent daily.Wikipedia is created. -
INTERNET
As of January, 58.5% of the U.S. population (164.14 million people) uses the Internet. Worldwide there are 544.2 million users -
ONLINE MUSIC
It's estimated that Internet users illegally download about 2.6 billion music files each month.
Spam, unsolicited email, becomes a server-clogging menace. It accounts for about half of all emails. Apple Computer introduces Apple iTunes Music Store, which allows people to download songs for 99 cents each. -
FACEBOOK
facebokok.com is launched -
YOUTUBE
YouTube.com is launched. -
WEBSITES
There are more than 92 million websites online. -
WORLD OF WARCRAFT
The online game, World of Warcraft, hits a milestone when it surpasses 9 million subscribers worldwide in July.