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Origins Of Computer Network Routing

May 5, 2016July 31, 2016 Mike HumphriesLeave a commentCloud

As we mentioned, a viable commercial computer timesharing requires a reliable and ubiquitous means to connect many remote users to that computer. Which implies a network. Which implies routing. But what do you do when you’re developing one of the world’s Read More …

The Origins of Tymnet

May 5, 2016July 31, 2016 Mike HumphriesLeave a commentCloud

As we mentioned previously, the origin of cloud computing was computer timesharing, a service created in the 1970’s. To be viable, commercial computer timesharing requires two technologies: the first is a computer capable of serving many simultaneous users such that Read More …

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