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  2. Protocol Wars - Wikipedia

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    The Protocol Wars were a long-running debate in computer science that occurred from the 1970s to the 1990s, when engineers, organizations and nations became polarized over the issue of which communication protocol would result in the best and most robust networks.

  3. History of email - Wikipedia

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    The history of email entails an evolving set of technologies and standards that culminated in the email systems in use today. [1]Computer-based messaging between users of the same system became possible following the advent of time-sharing in the early 1960s, with a notable implementation by MIT's CTSS project in 1965.

  4. Good language learner studies - Wikipedia

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    In spite of the flurry of interest in the GLL in the mid to late 70s, in the 80s and 90s interest moved more in the direction of socio/cultural influences [7] and individual differences, [8] as well as developing the concept of communicative competence [9] into a communicative approach to language teaching. [10]

  5. Category:Defunct telecommunications companies of the United ...

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    Centennial Communications; Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia; Clearwire; Cobridge Communications; Comm South Companies; Commercial Cable Company; Commercial Pacific Cable Company; Corporation for Research and Educational Networking

  6. 28 Everyday Things That People Who Grew Up in the '70s Will ...

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    The CB radio was the communication device preferred by truckers, and CB lingo entered the mainstream, ... The ’70s were a simpler, uglier time for crafts. Brown, beige, and olive drab were the ...

  7. Timeline of social media - Wikipedia

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    Decade Description 1970s–1980s The PLATO system (developed at the University of Illinois and subsequently commercially marketed by Control Data Corporation) offers early forms of social media with Notes, PLATO's message-forum application; TERM-talk, its instant-messaging feature; Talkomatic, perhaps the first online chat room; News Report, a crowd-sourced online newspaper, and blog; and ...

  8. History of communication - Wikipedia

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    Human communication was initiated with the origin of speech approximately 100,000 BCE. [1] Symbols were developed about 30,000 years ago. The imperfection of speech allowed easier dissemination of ideas and eventually resulted in the creation of new forms of communication, improving both the range at which people could communicate and the longevity of the information.

  9. Radio in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Initially the main objective for most inventors was developing devices usable for individual point-to-point communication, and the fact that radio signals could be overheard by others was at first seen as a defect that limited secure communication. Thus, it took a while before the potential of "sending signals broadcast" was recognized.