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Question by  Dtrice (24)

How did the internet and email get started?

 
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Answer by  trigonometry (668)

The internet started as the ArpaNet project connecting university computers in the 60's. The e-mail service came in the 70's and became a big success in the 80's

 
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Answer by  newarkdanny (459)

The government, more specifically the military was using the internet for many years before the general public used it. It was used as a form of communication.

 
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Answer by  GilFinn (2065)

It began in 1962 when the RAND corp started developing a communications system in case of nuclear war. 1969,first computers from Standord and UCSB comminicated with each other via internet.

 
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Answer by  trigonometry (668)

The internet started a ARPA research project connecting computers at four US universities in the 70s. the email service joined in later ontop of the network.

 
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Answer by  tamarawilhite (17883)

Data sharing between the military and major universities were set up between super computers in the 1960s to ensure communication in case of nuclear war.

 
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Answer by  Amber40 (24961)

It was created as a large electronic communication network. It was designed to allow people to share information. Eventually email became the tool of choice for talking.

 
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Answer by  tedros (211)

The ancestor of the modern internet was ARPANET which was a military project to create a decentralized communications system that could not be taken out by Soviet attack. It was also used by scholars to easily share information.

 
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