Computing History & Legendary BugsInternet History
The Internet's First Word Was ‘LO’
The first message crashed after two letters
The network that became the internet carried its first message in 1969. It was two letters long. What went wrong after the second?
You'll find out
- What the message was meant to say
- How two labs checked every letter
- The only record left of that night
Why it matters
Every email, video call and web page you open travels on what those two letters started.
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