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development of the internet.
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TCP/IP development begins
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Scientists publish protocol for a network packet of intercommunication
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Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale use email to plan campaign events
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“Internet” is used for the first time
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DNS is established, with network addresses identified by extensions such as .com, .org, and .edu.
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A virus called the Internet Worm shuts down about 10% of the world's Internet servers
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The first effort to index the Internet is created
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The White House launches its website, www.whitehouse.gov.
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Approximately 45 million people are using the Internet
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-Google opens its first office, in California.
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College student Shawn Fanning invents Napster, a computer application that allows to exchange music over the Internet
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To the chagrin of the Internet population, deviant computer programmers begin designing and circulating viruses with greater frequency. “Love Bug” and “Stages”