the.com/arpanet
the internet before it had a personality, or a cat video.
means the first working packet-switching network, built by the us military-research agency, that became the technical ancestor of the internet.
from launched in 1969 by the department of defense's arpa, meant to let a handful of universities share scarce, expensive computer time — not survive a nuclear war, despite the legend.
first messagetried to send login, crashed after l-o
first nodesfour, all at west coast universities
retirementdecommissioned in 1990, replaced by tcp/ip internet
myth bustednot built to survive nuclear attack