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Invention of the Internet
ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency) goes online in December designing the internet 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. Read more: Internet Timeline | Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0193167.html#ixzz2tcjDT4rC -
Invention of the E-Mail
Electronic mail is introduced by Ray Tomlinson, a computer scientist. He uses the @ to distinguish between the sender's name and network name in the email address. -
Invention of the TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is designed and becomes the new way 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 Elizabeth sends her first email.
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The word “Internet” is used for the first time
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Domain Name System (DNS) is established
Domain Name System (DNS) is established with network addresses identified by extensions such as .com, .org, and .edu. -
First Computer Virus Distributed
A virus called the Internet Worm temporarily shuts down about 10% of the world's Internet servers. -
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Invention Of Dial-Up Internet Access
CompuServe, America Online, and Prodigy start providing dial-up Internet access. -
Expansion of the Internet
Approximately 45 million people are using the Internet, with roughly 30 million of those in North America (United States and Canada), 9 million in Europe, and 6 million in Asia/Pacific (Australia, Japan, etc.). 43.2 million (44%) U.S. households own a personal computer, and 14 million of them are online. -
World Records
Internet traffic records are broken as the NASA website broadcasts images taken by Pathfinder on Mars. The broadcast generates 46 million hits in one day. -
Beggining of Google
Google opens its first office, in California. -
MySpace.com is launched.
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Piracy
It's estimated that Internet users illegally download about 2.6 billion music files each month. -
MyDoom Worm
Internet Worm, called MyDoom, spreads through Internet servers. About 1 in 12 email messages are infected. -
YouTube.com is launched.
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World Record Sales
Legal online music downloads triple to 6.7 million downloads per week. -
Dominance of Google
In a move to challenge Google's dominance of search and advertising on the Internet, software giant Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion.
