Pictured: The Fridge-Sized Computer That Sent The Very First Email 40 Years Ago

The computer from which 40 years ago the first message was sent on the internet, between the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and Stanford University

From The Daily Mail:

The very first message to be sent between two computers - a breakthrough that helped usher in the internet and Mail Online - was sent exactly 40 years ago.

And to mark the occasion, celebrities, computer experts and entrepreneurs joined the man behind that first message for a bit of a party.

UCLA professor Leonard Kleinrock said: 'It's the 40th year since the infant internet first spoke.'

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