[ih] Early use of the "Internet" term (1977)

[Vint Cerf]

I think the first use of "internet" was RFC 675 in December 1974

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On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 4:22 PM Jorge Amodio <jmamodio at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi There,
>
> I've got involved for some time now with the San Antonio Museum of Science
> and Technology, and I'm sort of becoming a Master Curator on a program I'm
> creating to catalog, organize and design several exhibits of vintage
> computers particularly from Datapoint Corporation, earlier known as
> Computer Terminal Corporation, founded in San Antonio, TX in 1968.
>
> There are some interesting stories around CTC & Datapoint, where actually
> one of the first personal computers was designed and manufactured, 10+
> years earlier than the IBM PC.
>
> While working on basic research, I stumbled onto two documents from 1977
> where the INTERNET term was used.
>
> First document is an internal Datapoint Interoffice Memo dated Nov 1,
> 1977. Subject of the document was "INTERNET Press Announcement" and part of
> the text says "INTERNET will be officially announced in conjunction with
> the annual shareholders meeting December 1, 1977 at the Marriott Essex
> House..."
>
> The second document is Morgan Stanley Progress Report for Datapoint
> Corporation (DPT-NYSE) which on part of the text includes "On December 1,
> 1977, we expect the Company will announce a major new system-oriented,
> primarily software-based product, probably dubbed "Internet." As we
> understand it, Internet is a package of system programs which utilizes a
> microprocessor-controlled coaxial cable as a means to tie together the
> individual independent operations of a large number of intelligent
> terminals, file processors, and/or application-dedicated satellite
> processors...."
>
> Does anybody know about it and has any further references ?
>
> If somebody is interested in a copy of the documents I've both scanned on
> pdf format.
>
> Thanks & Regards
> Jorge
>
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