Jan 1, 2008

Silver Jubilee

Well, you reached this page floating in the endless universe called internet, because of something that was done exactly 25 years ago. The protocol that helps you surf is called TCP/IP. It is the basis of almost all Internet communication, and it was adopted by ARPANET on January 1, 1983. ARPANET was the ancestor of the modern Internet.

The open architecture of TCP/IP enables computers of all different makes to communicate with each other smoothly (well, that was how it was designed to be, anyway). January 1, 2008 marks the 25th anniversary of the January 1, 1983 milestone. So Happy New Year and cheers to TCP/IP

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