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  2. History of the Internet - Wikipedia

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    The history of the Internet originated in the efforts of scientists and engineers to build and interconnect computer networks.The Internet Protocol Suite, the set of rules used to communicate between networks and devices on the Internet, arose from research and development in the United States and involved international collaboration, particularly with researchers in the United Kingdom and France.

  3. History of the World Wide Web - Wikipedia

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    Mosaic was an immediate hit; [47] its graphical user interface allowed the Web to become by far the most popular protocol on the Internet. Within a year, web traffic surpassed Gopher's. [30] Wired declared that Mosaic made non-Internet online services obsolete, [48] and the Web became the preferred interface for accessing the Internet ...

  4. Timeline of e-commerce - Wikipedia

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    Major launch Online marketplace Book Stacks Unlimited, an online marketplace for selling books, launches. Initially, it launched on BBS, then moved to the internet in 1994, in the form of www.books.com. [12] 1994 Major launch N/A Netscape launches Netscape Navigator, a very prominent web browser. [13] 1994 Major launch, Milestone N/A

  5. Milestones: A look back at AOL's 35 year history as an ...

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    1999: America Online has over 18 million subscribers and is now the biggest internet provider in the country, with higher-than-expected earnings. It acquires MapQuest for $1.1 billion in December.

  6. A look back at AOL's website through the years

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    The American web portal and online service was a pioneer in the internet era and its iconic “You’ve Got Mail ...

  7. A look back at what the world was like when AOL began

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    Thirty-five years ago, users heard the infamous dial-up sound for the first time. The '80s were a decade defined by major technological innovations, big hair, cult-classic movies and the start of ...

  8. Timeline of web search engines - Wikipedia

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    After many changes to the backend search engine, MSN would start developing in-house search technology in 2005, and later change its name to Bing in June 2009. August: New web search engine: Direct Hit Technologies releases their popularity search engine in partnership with HotBot, providing more relevant results based on prior user search ...

  9. List of websites founded before 1995 - Wikipedia

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    The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) was founded in 1990 by participants in the Usenet newsgroup rec.arts.movies. [36] IMDb was launched on the web in late 1993 and was initially hosted by the computer science department of Cardiff University in Wales. [37] [38] [39]