Internet Turns Forty

Posted by JacobSloan on September 4, 2009

Did you know that September 2, 2009, two days ago, was the Internet’s 40th birthday? It’s true! On September 2, 1969, in a lab at the University of California, Los Angeles, two computers passed test data through a 15-foot gray cable.

Stanford Research Institute joined the fledging ARPANET network a month later; UC Santa Barbara and the University of Utah joined by year’s end, and the internet was born, making it possible for you to today buy a used Snuggie on Ebay.

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