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Area: Communication Systems
__Identified Words__ cookies - saves your information on a website webcam - allows for video chat over the internet internet languages - internet languages include HTML, XML, and Java netiquette - being kind over the internet (internet ettiquette) intranet - a private computer network

__Defined Words__ url - Also known as Universal Resource Locator, it is a way for people to retrieve unformation from the world wide web. hyper link - a navigational element that send you to another part in the document, or to a different document on a different web site bandwith - the maximum/minimmum use a website can tolerate browser - a user interface where it can help you navigate a certain document, file, or website search engine - a program that searches your computer for a certain file, cutting the time you have to use for finding a document

All definitions of words are courteous of wikipedia.

__The History of E-mail__ E-mail, a shortened way of saying "electronic mail" was invented in 1961. It started with MIT creating the Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTTS). This system allowed many people to save files onto an online disk. In 1966 it was possible to sent messages to different computers. In 1971, ARPANET's Ray Tomilson started to include @ sign to differentiate the used from the computer/service they were using. This invention contributed much to the world of e-mail. Nowadays there are many email services, such as yahoo, gmail, and hotmail. Email is used to sent files to co-workers, send a friendly message to people across the world, and for recreational purposes. It's hard to determine the state of the art in terms of email. But a good email system would allow a lot of room for message storage, a good spam blocker to prevent against unwanted mail, and also it is easy for anyone to use.

__Timeline__ 971:A computer engineer named Ray Tomlinson, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, invented the system for sending messages known as email. He used the @ sign to specify addresses from computer to computer. Tomlinson's system gained popularity by linking up users on Arpanet, the US department of defense system that became the basis for the internet. 1972: Larry Roberts created the first email management program in which you could select, forward, list, and respond to messages. 1976: Queen Elizabeth II becomes the first head of state to send an email message using Arpanet. 1988: Steve Dorner invents Eudora, which is an application that provides a graphical user interface for email management. 1989: Lotus Notes was first released, selling 35,000 in the first year. 1996: Microsoft releases Outlook. 1996: Companies such as hotmail offer internet email that is free and can be used anywhere. 1997: There are about 10 million people in the world who have email accounts. 1998: Microsoft buys Hotmail. They paid $400m (£283m). for it. 2001: Email's 30th anniversary. Almost every business in the developed world uses it.


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1. Cavender, Sasha. "Ray Tomlinson." __Forbes__ 162.7 (05 Oct. 1998): 126-127. __Academic Search Elite__. EBSCO. [Library name], [City], [State abbreviation]. 9 January 2008.  This article contains more information about Ray Tomlinson and how he created, and how he wanted to keep his creation secret.

2. Lee, Jimson. "A Brief History of Email." //EzineArticles// 23 November 2007. 21 December 2007 <