Packet switching turns 40...
The invention of packet switching also meant NPL was home to another first.
Pethica said: "It meant also the first LAN in the world was actually built at NPL, not in the US. So it wasn't just a concept, it was actually built and made."
This is NPL's first attempt at a full-scale Ace computer, which was completed in 1957.
Photo credit: NPL
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1. Richard Sarson
Good of you to recognize this important unsung British pioneer. Without Davies and that other Brit, Tim Berners Lee, the Net would not be what it is today. How many people in this America-centric world are aware of that?