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How Queen Elizabeth II sent an email before most people had heard of the internet

In 1976, Queen Elizabeth II made history by sending an electronic message from a secure lab, a moment that foreshadowed modern communication. This event, facilitated by a transatlantic network connection, showcased her embrace of technology and set a precedent for digital literacy in state representation, demonstrating the potential of networked…

The Times of India

ARPANET standardized TCP/IP on this day in 1983 — 43-year-old standard set the foundations for today’s Internet

On January 1, 1983, ARPANET system architects initiated the cutover from the existing NCP to TCP/IP on all hosts.

Tom’s Hardware

The internet was born this week in 1969, and immediately glitched — only two of the five letters in the first computer-to-computer message were received

The foundations of internet communications were set 56 years ago, when 'LO' was transmitted from UCLA to SRI on the ARPANET.

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Science history: First computer-to-computer message lays the foundation for the internet, but it crashes halfway through — Oct. 29, 1969

Messages transmitted between two computers located about 380 miles apart would form the basis of what would become the internet.

LiveScience

The Untold History of the Internet

When most people think about the internet, they picture smartphones, streaming videos, and social media platforms. But the story behind how we got here is...

Saving Advice

Skype got shouted down by Teams and Zoom. But it revolutionised human connection

The company that pioneered voice communication over the internet has withered to dust in Microsoft’s hands. Still, I for one am grateful for it

The Guardian - UK

How Britain got its first internet connection – by the late pioneer who created the first password on the internet

British computer scientist and Internet Hall of Fame inductee Peter Kirstein died in January 2020 at the age of 86, after a nearly 50-year career at UCL. A few years before he died, he was commissioned by then Conversation technology editor Michael Parker (now director of operations) to write an…

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What is the 'splinternet'? Here's why the internet is less whole than you might think

“Splinternet” refers to the way the internet is being splintered – broken up, divided, separated, locked down, boxed up, or otherwise segmented.

The Conversation

$What is the ‘splinternet’? The internet is far more fractured than you think$

What is the ‘splinternet’? The internet is far more fractured than you think

'Splinternet' refers to the way the internet is being splintered – broken up, divided, separated, locked down, or otherwise segmented.

The New Daily

The Internet exists because of the state

The military-industrial complex played a critical role in funding scientific research for the future Internet

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