ARPANET
early packet switching network (1969–1990)
Episodes
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#5582: Who Invented the Internet? Actually, Seven PeopleThe first message ever sent was "LO" — then the system crashed. The real story of the internet is a stack of seven layers, not one genius.Main topic -
#5700: Did the Internet's Pioneers Know What They Were Building?Vint Cerf says they didn't know — and they did. How early internet subculture formed, where it lived, and whether it survived.