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First password on the internet Within three months, my group was able to implement the Arpanet network protocols and translate them to the IBM protocols necessary to communicate with computers at RAL.

On October 29, 1969, a team of scientists at UCLA sent the first message over ARPANET, the precursor to the modern internet. The message was supposed to be “LOGIN,” but the system crashed after the ...

Why do we today celebrate today–October 29–as the Internet’s 40’s birthday? Because on this day in 1969, what would later became known as the Internet was used for the very first time–and crashed.

The history of the internet. What critical steps led to its creation. Almost everyone around the world has access to and uses the internet for surfing, gaming, and all sorts of other tasks these days.