The short history of the internet
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Updated: 20 Jan 2020
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Created byFrank Blythe
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The first mode is connected
to the internets milliatry ancestor, ARPANETBolt Beranek and Newman computer
engineer Ray Tomlinson invents emailTim Berners-Lee and the tyeam at CERN
invent the World Wide Webto make information
easier to publish and acess on the internetMarc Andreessen of the NCSA in the US
launches web browser Mosaic. It Introduces
propreitary HTML tags and more sophisticated
image capabilties. The browser is a massive sucess
businesses start to notice the web's potential.
Andreesen goes on to develop the Netscape web
browser.Yahoo is born and has 100,000
usesJeff Bezos launches AmazonEbay is launchedGoogle arrivesThe dot-combust. After several years
of venture capitalists throwing money
at proposals with 'internet' on the cover,
it all starts unravelling as many of these
businesses fail to find a market and others
realsie they dont have a businessNew
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