Great Internet Explosion

   The mainstreaming of the Internet in 1993-1994. Used normally in time
   comparatives;  before  the Great Internet Explosion and after it were
   very  different  worlds  from  a  hacker's  point of view. Before it,
   Internet  access  was  expensive  and  available only to an elite few
   through   universities,   research   laboratories,   and  well-heeled
   corporations; after it, everybody's mother had access.

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