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J.C. R. Licklider and W.Clark write a paper describing a concept that they called the "On-line Man Computer Communications" which would later come to be known as the internet.
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Larry Roberts is head scientist for the program.
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ARPANET connects 4 of the largest universities in the United States.
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Computer scientist Ray Tomlinson introduces electronic mail.
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Transmisson Control Panel/Internet Protocol, or TCP/IP, is developed and later becomes the standard for internet communication.
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Disk Operating System is invented by Microsoft
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The term "internet" is first introduced.
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The Domain Name System (DNS) is created, and extensions such as .org, .com, and .edu began to be used.
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The Internet Worm virus disables 10% of all internet servers around the world.
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The World becomes the first internet service provider. Tim Berners-Lee develops the world wide web which allows users to connect to documents in websites with the use of hyperlinks.
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Peter Deutsch creates Archie as an index for the internet. It is the first search engine.
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America Online, CompuServe and Prodigy all become internet service providers offering dial-up connections.
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30 million of these people are Americans.
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Google's first office is set up in California.
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College student Shawn Fanning creates Napster, which allows music to be swapped around the web. The term "E-commerce" is introduced as online shopping becomes more popular and Myspace.com is started.
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Online encyclopedia Wikipedia is launched. Number of emails sent daily reaches 9.8 billion.
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Apple launches its iTunes online music store, which offers music downloads for 99 cents per song.
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Facebook is launched by college student Mark Zuckerberg. Amount of money spent onine reaches $117 billion which is a 23% increase from previous year.
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Youtube is launched.
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