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Paul Baran invents “packet switching”
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DARPA invents the ARPANET network
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Ray Tomlinson invents a program that lets people send email
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The first virus is tested on the ARPANET
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The first computer-to-computer chat takes place
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The Network Voice Protocol is invented
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Steve Walker invents the first mailing list
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Kevin McKenzie invents emojis ;)
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DNS is invented
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Jarkko Oikarinen invents IRC
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Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web
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Alan Emtage invents Archie
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Paypal is invented
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Jean Armour Polly coins "Surfin the Internet"
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First MBONE happens
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Mosaic! is created
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CERN says WWW will always be free for use
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First banner ad space is sold to AT&T
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Sun Microsystems invents JAVA
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EBay domain is claimed
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Jorn Barger coins the term "Blog"
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RSS is invented
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Napster is invented
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iTunes is released
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Term "Podcast" is first used
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Facebook is created
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YouTube is created
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The first Tweet is sent
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Groupon offers its first coupon