THE LIVING ARCHIVE

From punched cards to autonomous collaborators: the ideas, people, languages and systems that taught machines to follow—and increasingly interpret—human intent.

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ALOHAnet and the Random-Access Idea Behind Shared Networks

Norman Abramson, Franklin Kuo and the University of Hawaiʻi team built ALOHAnet to connect island campuses by radio, demonstrating that many users could share one communication channel through randomized packet access.

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