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The FUNET's backbone went over to Telecom Finland's ATM network
(10-34 Mbit/s).
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NORDUnet gets a 34 Mbit/s transatlantic connection.
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The Altavista.digital.com Internet search service begins. Anyone
can use it free to look for Web pages in various parts of the
world. In the Nordic countries, the Nordic Web Index project is
launched.
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Use of the WWW overtakes FTP in the NSFNET statistics, i.e. it
is now the world's most frequently used Internet application.
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Netscape goes on the stock market and its share value rises to
USD 3 billion on the first day.
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SUN Microsystems releases the platform-independent Java language
and the HotJava browser written using it. Applets written in
Java can add animations and various interactive features to Web
pages.
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