Friday, October 30, 2009

Internet Turns 40, Celebrates With a Birthday Party

Filed under: Web

UCLA professor Leonard Kleinrock headlined a significant birthday gathering today, although some folks may dispute the reason for the celebration. The festivities commemorated the 40th anniversary of the day he and a team of researchers first transferred data between two behemoth computers using a 15-foot cable.
According to Yahoo!, Kleinrock said, "It's the 40th year since the infant Internet first spoke." He revealed that the baby-Web's first word was, "LO," Source: Switched RSS Feed

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