[ih] "The First Router" on Jeopardy

Stephen Casner casner at acm.org
Mon Nov 22 14:01:36 PST 2021


On Mon, 22 Nov 2021, Bob Purvy via Internet-history wrote:

> "backbone" wasn't bad, but it definitely shouldn't have been accepted. We
> don't know what they'd have ruled if the contestant said something correct,
> like "gateway" or "IMP."
>
> *Alex*: Oh, I'm *so* sorry. The answer is "router."

Or more appropriately, the question is "What is a router."

                                                        -- Steve



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