Westwood in Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
Birthplace of the Internet - 1969
IEEE Milestones in Electrical Engineering and Computing
Photographed By Craig Baker, December 5, 2018
1. Birthplace of the Internet Marker
At 10:30 p.m., 29 October 1969, the first ARPANET message was sent from this UCLA site to the Stanford Research Institute. Based on packet switching and dynamic resource allocation, the sharing of information digitally from this first node of ARPANET launched the Internet revolution.
Erected 2009 by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Communications • Military • Science & Medicine. In addition, it is included in the IEEE Milestones in Electrical Engineering and Computing series list. A significant historical date for this entry is October 29, 1969.
Location. 34° 4.123′ N, 118° 26.561′ W. Marker is in Los Angeles, California, in Los Angeles County. It is in Westwood. Marker can be reached from Westwood Plaza near Portola Plaza. Located in UCLA at room 3420 Boelter Hall, in the Kleinrock Internet History Center museum. Open by appointment only. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 420 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles CA 90095, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Dickson Plaza and Dickson Court (approx. 0.3 miles away); Fox Bruin Theater (approx. half a mile away); Landfair Apartments (approx. half a mile away); Fox Village Theater
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Regarding Birthplace of the Internet - 1969. ARPANET was the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network. It used new technologies which became the technical foundation of the Internet. The ARPANET was established by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) of the United States Department of Defense to enable resource sharing between remote computers.
For the first Internet message they intended to transmit the word “LOGIN,” but the system crashed just after they had sent the first two letters. Hence, the first message on the Internet was 'LO' — as in 'Lo and behold!'
Also see . . . UCLA - The Birth of the Internet. A personal history of Leonard Kleinrock. (Submitted on March 17, 2023.)
Photographed By Craig Baker, December 5, 2018
2. Birthplace of the Internet
The marker is on the back wall of the Kleinrock Internet History Center museum, with original equipment on display.
Photographed By Craig Baker, October 29, 2019
3. Inside Royce Hall
Leonard Kleinrock, center, accepts awards during the 50th Anniversary of the Internet ceremony.
Credits. This page was last revised on March 17, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 17, 2023, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. This page has been viewed 142 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 17, 2023, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California.
