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ARPANET
The Department of Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) invented the ARPANET network -
E-MAIL
Ray Tomlinson invented a program that lets people send mail electronically-email! -
COMPUTER TO COMPUTER CHAT
The first computer-to-computer chat took place between a person at Stanford University and a person at Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc (BBN) in Massachusetts. -
NETWORK VOICE PROTOCALL
The Network Voice Protocol was invented as a way to allow people to send voice over the Internet. -
FIRST MAILING LIST
Steve Walker invented the first mailing list that allowed many people get the same mail message. -
The idea of using symbols
The idea of using symbols -) came from Kevin Mackenzie -
DNS
The DNS or Domain Name System is invented. -
IRC
Jarkko Oikarinen invented inter-relay-chat (IRC) -
world wide web
Tim Berners-Lee was the inventor of the World Wide Web -
"surfing the internet"
Jean Armour Polly was the first to coin the term “surfing the Internet.” -
MBONE
The first Multicast Backbone (MBONE); audio and video broadcasted to multiple computers simultaneously occurred. -
Mosiac
The first web browser is created and it is named Mosaic -
Free WWW
The CERN announced that the World Wide Web would be free to anyone, with no fees due