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What year was the internet invented?
Answer
1969
The internet's foundations began in 1969 with ARPANET, a Department of Defense project that connected computers at UCLA, Stanford, UC Santa Barbara, and the University of Utah. This network demonstrated packet-switching technology, the fundamental principle enabling modern internet communication. The World Wide Web, a user-friendly system for accessing internet resources, wasn't invented until 1989 by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN, which is why many confuse the web with the internet itself.
💡 Did you know?
The first email was sent in 1971, and the '@' symbol was chosen for addresses specifically because it was rarely used in names.
Other options people guess
- 1983
- 1991
- 1995
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- firsts
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