Read these landmarks in the history of the Internet and prepare at least five questions in the past simple. Example: What happened in 1969? What did Ray Tamlinson do in 1971?
1969 — The US Defense Department establishes ARPANET, a network connecting research centres.
1971 — Ray Tomlinson of BBN invents an email program to send messages across a network. The @ sign is chosen for its at meaning.
1981 — BM sells the first IBM PC. BITNET provides email and file transfers to universities.
1982 — TCP/IP is adopted as the standard language of the Intemet.
1988 — Jarkko Oikarinen develops the system known as Intemet Relay Chat (IRC).
1991 ~ CERN (Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire) creates the World Wide Web.
1998 — The Intemet 2 network is bom. It can handle data and video at high speed but is not a public network
1999 — Online banking, e-commerce and MP3 music become popular.
2001 — Napster, whose softwere allows users to share downloaded music, maintains that it does not perpetrate or encourage music piracy. However, a judge rules that Napster technology is an infringement of music ‘copyright.
2004 — Network Solutions begins offering 100-year domain registration.
2006 — Americans spend over $100 billion shopping online.
In 1969, the US Defense Department established ARPANET, a network connecting research centres.
2. Who invented an email program in 1971?
In 1971, Ray Tomlinson of BBN invented an email program to send messages across a network.
3. What did BM do in 1981?
In 1981, BM sold the first IBM PC.
4. What was adopted as the standard language of the Intemet in 1982?
In 1982, TCP/IP was adopted as the standard language of the Internet.
5. Who developed the system known as Internet Relay Chat (IRC) in 1988?
In 1988, Jarkko Oikarinen developed the system known as Internet Relay Chat (IRC).
Note: It's important to specify that the questions are to be written in the past simple tense.