The very first transmission on the ARPANET, on October 29, 1969, was from UCLA to SRI. That means the working Net turned 41 today!
In those days, the ARPANET looked like this:
By 1972, the ARPANET was comprised of 37 computers. In 1983, the ARPANET was opened up to universities and various scientific bodies. In the years since then, this small network has grown into the Internet we know today.
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