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millitary communication
1964
• Rand Corporation proposes a new information network so that the United States could successfully communicate after a nuclear war. -
ARPANET...Email use.
• ARPANET begins to be used for communicating email -
internet
• The term “Internet” begins to be used. -
Money for puters
Comet, the first commercial email software, is offered by the Computer Corporation of America for $40,000. -
Superhighway
Al Gore coins the term for the Internet “The Information Superhighway.” -
The Web
• The phrase “World Wide Web” is coined by Tim Berners-Lee -
First internet link
• Stanford Linear Accelerator (SLAC) becomes the first web server on the Internet. -
.COM
• Internet registration begins for .com, .net. .org, .edu, and .gov. -
Info Net work
• The Internet takes off as part of the world’s fastest growing information network. -
GOOGLE
• Google is founded in Menlo Park, California. -
FACEBOOK
• Facebook is founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts. -
YOUTUBE
• YouTube launches. -
TWITTER
• Twitter is founded in San Francisco, California. -
SOCAIL MEDIA
Twitter and Facebook are the primary means of communication for the Middle East revolts.