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the ARPA connected four major Universities for government organizations, research, and education. They created a communication system to alert the country of any military attack.
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Jimmy Carter uses email for this first time for his presidential campaign and Queen Elizabeth sends her first email.
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the word internet is used for the first time
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network addresses are identified by .com, .org, and .edu. also
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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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the white house creates their first website "www.whitehouse.gov"
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CompuServe, America Online, and Prodigy start providing dial-up Internet access.
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Approximately 45 million people are using the Internet, with roughly 30 million of those in North America , 9 million in Europe, and 6 million in Asia/Pacific. 43.2 million U.S. households own a personal computer, and 14 million of them are online.
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google opens it's first office in California
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Wikipedia is created
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Apple Computer introduces Apple iTunes Music Store, which allows people to download songs for 99 cents each.
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Youtube is launched.
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93 million websites are on the internet.
