First Message sent on Internet

The first message that was sent on the internet was from UCLA to Stanford. The proud owner of the first node on internet was Leonard Kleinrock. Kleinrock visited University of Trento and delivered a speech on the Internet History, Development and Future (pdf).

First an 'L' was sent; Then an 'O'; Then system crashed when trying to send 'G'. So, the message sent was 'LO'.

More on the history of internet is available on Kleinrock's wepage (url).

The conclusion of the talk was that, internet has now become a complex system which is going out of everyone's control. There is an urgent need to understand its behavior, its future.

Our Future: