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Chapter 13: People and the Internet In December 1969, ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency) went online, connecting four major universities. It was for research, education, and government purposes, and provided a communications network in the event of a national emergency. This research and communications network would soon be known as the Internet. As the technology became more advanced, the system rapidly developed. According to the Internet Society, the earliest e-mail was introduced in 1972; domain names such as.com and.edu appeared in 1984; the term "World Wide Web" appeared about 1989; commerce sites were established around 1994....
