wraggster
September 3rd, 2009, 15:39
I'd like to wish a happy birthday to the Internet! Today marks its 40th birthday! In fall 1969, computers sending data between two California universities set the stage for the Internet, which became a household word in the 1990s. On September 2nd 1969, in a lab at the University of California, Los Angeles, two computers passed test data through a 15-foot gray cable. Stanford Research Institute joined the fledgling ARPANET network a month later; UC Santa Barbara and the University of Utah joined by years end, and the internet was born.
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/09/02/2223247/Happy-Birthday-Internet
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/09/02/2223247/Happy-Birthday-Internet