This day in history: April 7 1969 is recognized as the birth date of the internet.
"The first Request for Comment document is drafted by an engineer on the Pentagon's ARPAnet project, a precursor to the modern Internet. Tony Long of Wired argues this represents the 'symbolic birth date of the net because the RFC memoranda contain research, proposals and methodologies applicable to internet technology.'" Source
"If this is your first time hearing about the RFC, you’re not alone. It’s a foreign concept, but it was important to the development of the Internet. An RFC is a publication that contains research, proposals, and methodologies applicable to many aspects of Internet technology. Engineers review the RFCs to develop new concepts.
Each document of the RFC issues a unique serial number, avoiding the possibility of two papers being overwritten or duplicated. If an engineer wishes to update or make a correction to the existing document, they must submit a separate RFC. This could be a complex process, but this is how we have a historical record of the evolution of Internet standards." Source
"When it comes to the birth of the net, Jan. 1, 1983, also has its supporters. On that date, the National Science Foundation’s university network backbone, a precursor to the World Wide Web, became operational." Source
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