On This Day: The First Data Travels Over ARPANET
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On October 29, 1969, programmers Charley Kline of UCLA and Bill Duvall of SRI transmitted the first data between two ARPANET nodes. This was one of the first major tests of the idea of connecting computers in a network.
ARPANET became one of the key predecessors of the internet. The transmission used specialized equipment created by BBN.
Translation editors: Соловьев В., Пеков А.
Source: computerhistory.org ↗