It's time to mark six decades of computer networking
Next week I am heading to Edinburgh University, where I did my PhD back in the 1980s, to give a lecture as part of the events celebrating 60 years of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at Edinburgh.about networking , I realized that there was a lot going on in the networking world 60 years ago too, making for a nice tie-in to the event. My research for the talk inspired me to write this article.
First up is the invention of packet switching. It’s worth noting that the dominant network in the 1960s was the telephone network, which dealt in circuits. A small group of computer scientists recognized that there might be a form of networking that was better suited to computer communication.
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