1969
Distant computers first communicate with each other when Arpanet is set up, linking computers at four US universities.
1971
The first email message is sent between computers
1983
A new computer language called TCP/IP allows all computers on the network to communicate with each other. The network is called the Internet and Govt. and Universities begin to use it
1991
The World Wide Web is created, giving people a simple way to navigate through the information on the internet
2008
There are more than 100 million websites.
