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    You are hereARPANET switches to TCP/IPJanuary 1, 1983
    1977Different networks talk Influence 1990A proposal for the Web Influence 1948A Mathematical Theory of Communication Shared thread 1989Information Management: A Proposal Shared thread 1969Computers connect over ARPANET Shared thread 2007iPhone (1st generation) Shared thread

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    January 1, 1983

    ARPANET switches to TCP/IP

    Participants received buttons reading “I survived the TCP/IP transition.” The supposedly instantaneous flag day had taken years to plan.

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