Year
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Major Events
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1984
|
Apple launches Macintosh. |
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1985
|
CD-ROM introduced. |
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1986
|
GE launches GEnie. |
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1987
|
Voice Response introduced. |
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1988
|
IBM and Sears
launch Prodigy. |
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1989
|
Internet backbone upgraded to T1. |
|
1990
|
Virtual Reality emerges; Archie released. |
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1991
|
Gopher and WAIS released; the concept of multimedia gains popularity. |
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1992
|
Internet backbone upgraded to T3. |
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1993
|
NCSA introduces Mosaic;
telephone-cable merger frenzy; interactive television research and development;
five million homes online; CD-ROM industry explodes. |
|
1994
|
The Internet hits the mainstream. History was made on August 11, 1994,
when the first retail transaction on the Internet was carried out using
a readily available version of powerful data encryption software designed
to guarantee privacy. |
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1995
|
Software companies develop security browsers for business on the Internet. |
