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Event

The Internet (TCP/IP)

1 January 1983 – present

Technology

ARPANET switches to TCP/IP — the start of today's Internet

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Connections

influenced World Wide Web proposed — The Web runs on the Internet

Sources

Wikipedia: History of the Internet (accessed 2026-09-28)