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1960
Packet switching networks such as Merit Network was developed. -
1974
The term "internet" was born after Vint Cerf and Robert Kahan published " A protocol for Packet Network Interconnection." -
1976
Presidential candidate Jimmy Carter and running mate Walter Mondale use email to plan campaign events -
1980
IBM hires Paul Allen and Bill Gates to create an operating system for a new PC. -
1994
The White House launches its website www.whitehouse.gov -
1996
Approximately 45 million people are using the internet and roughly 30 million of them are in North America. -
1998
Google opens its first office in California -
2001
Wikipedia is created -
2005
Youtube.com is launched. -
2008
Microsof offers to buy yahoo for 44.6 Billion Dollars