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First Internet Message Across the Atlantic

The first transatlantic packet-switched link on 25 July 1973, when a computer at University College London exchanged packets with machines in the United States, creating the first data-network span between Europe and North America.

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First internet message across Atlantic

The phrase “” most accurately refers to ’s first transatlantic packet‑switched link on 25 July 1973, when a computer at exchanged packets with machines in , creating the first data‑network span betwee...