On this day in 1983, the ARPANET network officially switched to using the TCP/IP protocol, effectively creating the Internet.
“January 1, 1983 is considered the official birthday of the Internet. Prior to this, the various computer networks did not have a standard way to communicate with each other.”
https://www.usg.edu/galileo/skills/unit07/internet07_02.phtml
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@[email protected] A day that will live in infamy.
@[email protected] A bit misleading. ARPANET had been dual stacking NCP and TCP/IP for a few years. The only switch that happened Jan. 1, 1983 is NCP was switched off for most hosts. Nothing got switched on or switched over.
Having this day be the Internet’s birthday makes no sense. Hell, official RFC’s had already been using the name “Internet” for years.
And this quote is complete bullshit: “Prior to this, the various computer networks did not have a standard way to communicate with each other.”
@[email protected] happy birthday the internet
@[email protected] When I was an operator on a node on the ARPAnet in 1976, I didn’t realize it wasn’t the Internet yet. All I knew is I could login to MIT ITS machines from my IMP in Marina Del Rey.
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I can’t believe that GALILEO is still around after all this time.@[email protected] outstanding 💪🏽 #ARPNet I blame u for subnet masking 😉
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🥥 Happy birthday internet! 🥥This is a very cool reminder, as I prepare to start teaching my new linguistics course, “Language and the Internet”. Thanks!
@[email protected] Minnesota Regional Network had backbone IPX routes in addition to IP until about 1996.
“The 1983 deadline’s passing was anticlimactic, [Vint Cerf, co-creator of the TCP/IP protocol] recalls, considering how important TCP/IP became as an enabler for the internet.”
https://www.theregister.com/2013/01/03/operational_internet_anniversary/
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@[email protected] When privacy ran away from us…
15 years went by and two clowns Gore/Clinton spoke of the information superhighway as if they invented it and gave it to the world. Some local public libraries begun offering dial-up service at little cost, and suddenly the internet was outside military and academic walls. Most often it was a login shell to a unix system. Bitnet was on its final days and mosaic on html1 was magic.
Something like dillo today :)
