The computer industry has its first billion dollar year. An estimated 9,300 systems now exist world wide.
1962
Medlars, the Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System, one of the world's first computerized information services, opens in the U.S.
1962 con't
U.S. Air Force contracts with Rand Corp. to study computer networking for defense purposes.
1963
Ted Nelson, an author and futurist, coins the word "hypertext."
1965
The word "hypertext" first appears in print in a Vassar College newspaper article about a lecture by Nelson. The date was Feb. 3.
1967
Development of Arpanet, forerunner of the Internet, begins with U.S. Defense Department funding.
1967 cont
Ted Nelson chooses "Xanadu" as the name for a concept of deep-linking hypertext. It is said to be the inspiration for LotusNotes, Hypercard and the World Wide Web.
1969
Dialog, an online database provider, is launched in Palo Alto, Calif., by Lockheed Corp with a single database. By 1982 it grows to 200 databases containing over 70 million records.
1969 con't
Arpanet, forerunner of the modern Internet, begins operation, connecting three universities in California and one in Utah.
