... access data and programs from any site across the country, "1964, some researchers had begun using their enormous mainframe computers to occasionally trade information by an early, informal form of e-mail but the purpose wasn't to formulate a research network; they were just trying to get their work done efficiently." So as in many things in science, the need for an easier ... advancements. At this point the word had gotten out and it was not a secret that the internet could be used in other endeavors. "Jimmy Carter's presidential campaign staff sent out e-mail several times a day in th...

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... transmitted (Croal62). The search for rapid transport of information led to the formation of the pony express in 1860 (Cozic 77). Although the pony express required several weeks to carry mail from the East Coast to the West Coast, it was a vast improvement over the earlier methods. The pony express was not the only time humans teamed up with animals to ... credited to John van Neumann, an American mathematician. It was in 1951 that the developers of ENIAC constructed Univac I, which became the first computer to be mass-produced. The traditional U.S. postal service is not oriented to me...

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