The internet was not always as easy as technology has made it today. Back in the 1960's the U.S. Department of Defense assigned the ARPA to experiment with linking DOD and military research contractors. ARPAnet was successful and in 1971 sent the first e-mail message "Testing 1-2-3". This was a major breakthrough in technology and would soon change the world forever. By 1971 ARPA wo

One of the most successful internet programs became peer to peer file sharing. This craze which flourished in the late 1990's made virtually any multimedia downloadable. People were able to "bootleg" music and movies on their own by way of internet. Napster was the first of these successful websites. The music industry sued the company for "copyright infringement". The industry claimed that Napster promoted the burning of songs without having to pay. The Music industry was loosing millions due to illegal file sharing on programs such as Napster. Although Napster has been shut down there have been many copycat alternative programs available.

uld have 100 hosts and, In 1984 Domain Name Servers are introduced and the internet has 1,000 host

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CompuServe Prodigy, Name Servers, Napster Napster, Department Defense, Supercomputing Applications, Online Compuserve, , web sites, Wide Web, file sharing, music industry,
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