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The First Internet Search Engine
September 10, 1990 The first Internet search engine, Archie, is launched. It was used to index FTP archives to make finding files easier. However, as the technology for the World Wide Web was not invented until later in the year, it was not the first web search engine. Previous post: The First Computer “Bug” This…
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Diesel Engine Patented in US
August 9, 1898 The US Patent Office awards patent 608,845 to Rudolf Diesel for his diesel internal combustion engine. Previous post: Project Chess Gets Approval Next post: The First E-mail From Space This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com
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The First Internet Search Engine
September 10, 1990 The first Internet search engine, Archie, is launched. It was used to index FTP archives to make finding files easier. However, as the technology for the World Wide Web was not invented until later in the year, it was not the first web search engine. Previous post: The First Computer “Bug” This…
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First Search Engine
September 2, 1993 The world’s first primitive web search engine is started. Known as W3Catalog or the CUI WWW Catalog, it was started by Oscar Nierstrasz at the Centre Universitaire d’Informatique (CUI) of the University of Geneva. This search site lasted for about 3 years before more modernized search engines began appearing. I could not find an actual picture…