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The internet is born
Otherwise known as "ARPANET" which was brought to life by Lawrence Roberts and DARPA. -
Punk (music) begins
The Ramones release first album -
First use of the term "Cyberpunk"
The short story "Cyberpunk" by Bruce Bethke published in Amazing Science Fiction Stories -
Genre first coined as "Cyberpunks"
Gardner Dozois, reviewing "hot new writers" for The Washington Post, refers to a group called "cyberpunks". The name sticks -
Mississippi Review entire issue devoted to cyberpunk
Mississippi Review entire issue published devoted to cyberpunk; academic colonization of the Movement begins in earnest -
World Wide Web
The debut of the World Wide Web (WWW) as a publicly available service on the internet