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What Was the First Message Ever Sent on the Internet?

Original: Question of the Day: What was the first message ever sent over the internet?

A news outlet is posing a trivia-style question of the day: what was the first message ever sent over the internet? The commonly cited answer is "LO", the start of the word "LOGIN", transmitted by UCLA researcher Charley Kline to Stanford in October 1969 before the system crashed. The topic invites readers to reflect on the modest beginnings of the modern internet.

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• Question of the Day: What was the first message ever sent over the internet? · kval.com

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