Happy 40th Internet!

On October 29, 1969 the very first message was sent between computers via the ARPANET (which is a computer network that is now the Internet). This message traveled 643 kilometers between the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Stanford Research Institute.

The electronic message that was supposed to be sent was the word “login” however only the first two letters “lo” were sent before the system crashed. Although the contents of the messages were not sent sucessfully, the actual exchange of information was a great feat that no one could have suspected would evolve so far. Today billions of users login to the Internet daily.

Over the years the system has been improved and extremely popular. Billions of users login to the Internet daily. It has become a part of everyday life, and is no longer seen as a luxury, but a necessity. Earlier this month, Finland declared that access to the Internet is a legal right for all citizens.

I wonder what great revelations the Internet has in store in the future or what the Internet and those technologies that work in conjunction with the Internet will look like in the coming years? I guess only time will tell!