Event
First message on the ARPANET
A login attempt from UCLA to the Stanford Research Institute. Two letters went through, then the system crashed.
- Dates
- 29 Oct 1969
Connections 4
involved
- ARPANET Primary record 1
- University of California, Los Angeles sent the message Primary record 1
- Stanford Research Institute received the message Primary record 1
- Leonard Kleinrock supervised the attempt Self-published 2
Timeline 1 date
- 29 Oct 1969 First message on the ARPANET
Proof 2 sources
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A Milestone in Technology, UCLA Office of the Chancellor, 12 Dec 2019.
Primary record
From a nondescript classroom in Boelter Hall, they entered the first two letters — “LO” — before the network crashed and went dark. But the message was received up at the Stanford Research Institute, and a new era had officially begun.
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The Day the Infant Internet Uttered its First Words, Leonard Kleinrock (UCLA, lk.cs.ucla.edu), 2011.
Self-published
Professor Kleinrock was supervising his student/programmer Charley Kline (CSK)
They succeeded in transmitting the "l" and the "o" and then the system crashed!
They were able to do the full login about an hour later.
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