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This episode started with the question: who first had the idea to connect computers together to make a network? We explore JCR Licklider's ideas about an "Intergalactic Network", some of the earliest attempts at networking, and the ideas that lead to packet switching and the Arpanet. SAGE: Semi-Automatic Ground Environment Air Defense System | MIT Lincoln Laboratory Memorandum for Members and Affiliates of the Intergalactic Computer Network The Arpanet and Computer Networks 60 Yea...
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