| 1945
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| | First International World Wide Web
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| Vannevar Bush writes As We May Think for
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| | Conference is held in Geneva, Switzerland
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| the July issue of The Atlantic Monthly
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| | at CERN.
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| suggesting a system of automated
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| | Pizza Hut initiates an online ordering
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| information access in which all materials
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| | system.
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| are "associatively indexed".1960
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| | Jerry Yang and David Filo, doctoral
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| Project Xanadu is initiated by Ted
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| | candidates at Stanford University, create
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| Nelson with the purpose of creating a
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| | a guide to Internet Sites and by 1998,
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| "docuverse" in which all written
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| | this guide Yahoo! is the most visited
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| documents are interconnected and
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| | site on the Web.
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| cross-referenced.1965
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| | Mark Pesce and Tony Parisi create
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| Nelson, who is part genius and part mad
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| | Labyrinthe, a 3-D Web interface and
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| scientist, coins the terms hypertext and
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| | within the year, Virtual Reality Modeling
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| hypermedia.1980
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| | Language (VRML) programming language
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| Tim Berners-Lee, a scientist at the
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| | supporting graphical animation of virtual
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| European Laboratory for Particle Physics
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| | spaces is created.1995
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| (CERN), writes
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| | America Online, CompuServe, Prodigy, and
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| Enquire-Within-Upon-Everything (ENQUIRE),
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| | other online companies begin to offer
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| a program allowing the hyper linking of
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| | access to the Web.
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| files stored on multiple computers in a
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| | Netscape goes public, serving up the 3rd
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| network.1989
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| | largest initial public stock offering
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| Berners-Lee proposed a global hypertext
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| | ever and launching a technology boom that
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| project that would connect an infinite
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| | has yet to end.
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| number of digital documents around the
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| | Microsoft, downplaying the importance of
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| world.1990
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| | the WWW, decides to create its own online
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| Berners-Lee develops the first browser,
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| | service, the Microsoft Network (MSN).
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| a What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG)
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| | However, the service fails to live up to
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| hypertext reader.
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| | expectations and at year's end Bill Gates
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| The World Wide Web as Berners-Lee
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| | holds a summit to disclose Microsoft's
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| decided to call it, is launched at CERN
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| | future plans for the Web.1996
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| headquarters on a NeXT computer, but is
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| | Microsoft releases Microsoft Internet
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| only accessible to those who have access
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| | Explorer and the "browser wars" begin.
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| to the CERN system.1991
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| | The Communications Decency Act becomes
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| The World Wide Web hits the Internet and
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| | law in an attempt to limit the
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| the first web files appear at
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| | distribution of obscene and pornographic
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| alt.hypertext, comp.sys.next,
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| | materials on the Web.1997 - 1999
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| comp.txt.sgml, and comp.mail.multi-media.
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| | Netscape releases the Communicator Suite
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|
| |
| | of Internet products with Communicator
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| Java is brewed at Sun Microsystems.
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| | including a Web Browser, E-Mail
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| Though this programming language was
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| | application, newsgroup reader, web page
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| originally developed for the purpose of
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| | editor, and a conferencing application.
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| creating embedded applications, in 1994
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| | Microsoft counters with Microsoft
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| Sun shifted Java to the Web where it
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| | Internet Explorer 4.0 which includes the
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| revolutionized the way Web sites are
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| | Active Desktop, making the Web an
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| designed.1992
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| | integrated part of the Windows operating
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| The phrase Surfing the Internet is
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| | system.
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| coined by Jean Amour Polly.
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| | The Department of Justice takes
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| PointCast Inc begins to offer its news
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| | Microsoft to court over Internet
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| and information service to corporate
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| | Explorer, claiming Microsoft had violated
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| networks. The service used push
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| | the terms of a 1994 consent decree by
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| technology to transmit specific
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| | integrating Internet Explorer into the
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| information to end-users. Then in 1996
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| | Windows 95 operating system.
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| push technology will become a key driver
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| | Portals become the range on the Web with
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| in Internet development.1993
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| | Yahoo!, Netscape, and Excite offering the
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| The National Center for Supercomputing
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| | most popular.
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| Applications (NASA) releases Mosaic, the
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| | Netscape announces its Navigator and
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| first graphical Web Browser. Mosaic was
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| | Communicator products are available as
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| written by Marc Andreessen, a University
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| | free downloads on the Internet.
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| of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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| | Microsoft counters with free downloads
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| undergraduate, who as legend has it,
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| | of it's browser programs.
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| sustained himself on Skittles and
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| | The Web is more popular than ever with
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| Mountain Dew while writing it.
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| | 82% of respondents to a poll by the
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| The New York Times and The Economist
| |
| | Georgia Tech Research Corp claiming the
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| begin to announce the appearance of the
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| | Web is an indispensable technology.
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| World Wide Web.
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| | December 1999 the Department of Justice
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| Traffic on the Web grows by
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| | announces its decision regarding
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| 341,634%.1994
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| | Microsoft's Operating System and Browser
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| Andreessen partners with Jim Clark,
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| | integration.2000
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| founder and former chair of the board at
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| | January 2000 Bill Gates announces his
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| Silicon Graphics, to create Netscape
| |
| | resignation as CEO and CFO of Microsoft
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| Communications Corp.
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| | and his return to software
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| The Netscape Navigator 1.0 browser is
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| | development.Anand Nadar - Web Designer
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| released the same year.
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