Did you know one of the most surprising and lesser-known facts about the early internet is the 'Purple Book'? 📘 Written by @JonPostel, this collection of memos documented the first domain name system (DNS) protocols. What started as informal notes became the foundation for modern systems like @ICANN! 🌐 Its principles, like collaborative documentation and standardization, remain alive in today's internet. #TechHistory #InternetOrigins #DNS #TechLegends #DigitalHeritage #PurpleBook (1/1)

Did you know the very first website ever launched by Tim Berners-Lee in 1991 is still accessible today? 🚀 Discover how it all began and what it looked like in the early days of the internet. #WebHistory #TechFacts #InternetOrigins #TechDidYouKnow #DigitalArchive #TimBernersLee (1/1)

Long before the web we know, Ted Nelson envisioned something grander: Project Xanadu. It was supposed to be a hypertext system that allowed two-way linking, non-destructive editing, and better citation tracking. Started in the 1960s, it aimed to revolutionize knowledge sharing. But complexity, scope creep, and funding problems meant the web beat it to the punch. Still, many of its ideas were far ahead of their time.
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In 1988, a Cornell graduate student named Robert Tappan Morris released a small experiment onto the early internet. It was meant to measure the size of the network, but a coding flaw caused it to replicate uncontrollably. The Morris Worm infected over six thousand machines, bringing parts of the internet to a halt. This led to the first ever conviction under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986.

The 3½-inch floppy containing the 99 lines of source code is still on display at the Computer History Museum in California.

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#OnThisDay 1969
The first-ever computer-to-computer link was made, connecting UCLA and Stanford. It was a groundbreaking moment that sparked the internet we know today. Fun fact: the system crashed after just two letters—“LO” as in, “Look, we’re online… oh, wait.” 💻✨
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