Many people think of the 1960s as a time of political and social turmoil, even revolution in various nations. For example, in 1965 in Indonesia, a plot by some army officers threatened President Sukarno's government; from 1966–1969 the most active phase of the Cultural Revolution took place in China; and in the United States growing resistance to the Vietnam War and the struggle of African Americans for civil rights all had a significant impact.
Meanwhile, another revolution was going on, although its effects wouldn't be felt until years later. ARPAnet, a US network of military and government computers developed in the late 1960s, was the precursor to today's Internet. In the last decade, the Internet has transformed global, national, and local communication and has made people-to-people contacts possible for anyone with computer access, practically anywhere in the world.
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