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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.
As of 2019, 90% of adults in America use the internet, either irregularly or frequently. [4] The United States ranks #1 in the world with 7,000 Internet Service Providers (ISPs) according to the CIA. [5] Internet bandwidth per Internet user was the 43rd highest in the world in 2016. [6]
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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.
In less than 60 years, the Internet has become a mainstay in the way we work and live so much so that it's hard to imagine a time when our lives weren't consumed by cyberspace.
To celebrate 35 years of AOL, here's a look at some of the big moments that took place in the world at the time: January 1, 1985 — The first seat belt law was enacted
Internet properties by year of establishment (46 C, 1 P) Internet culture by year (35 C) 0–9. Internet in 1991 (1 P) I. Internet in 1992 (2 P) Internet in 1993 (1 P)
The Gore Bill helped fund the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois, where a team of programmers, including Netscape founder Marc Andreessen, created the Mosaic Web browser [7] [12] in 1993, the commercial Internet's technological springboard credited as beginning the Internet boom of the 1990s.