Happy Birthday, Internet! - Internet Computer Birthday - WKRG.com

Happy Birthday, Internet! - Internet Computer Birthday - WKRG.com: "(AP) - Happy birthday, Internet. The Net is turning 40 on Wednesday.

Few people were paying attention back on Sept. 2, 1969, when about 20 people gathered at a lab at UCLA to watch as two bulky computers passed meaningless test data through a 15-foot gray cable. But those tests by Len Kleinrock and his team would lead to the Internet as we know it."