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It dates back to summer of '69 - not only the hit song of Bryan Adams, but also the dawn of modern internet. The US ministry of defence started their project of cross-linking computers of universities and research establishments. Their goal was to save resources - first only in their own country, later all over the world. The first application that became commonly used was e-mail. It proved to be a revolution to a world that had so far communicated by mail, fax and telephone. During the nineties the most important application was being invented that made the internet useful for the public: A web browser that was able to surf the world wide web. Computers with internet access were established in companys before the web reached public households. The digital revolution was first slowed down by slow access to the web until p>

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