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minus-square@Natanael@slrpnk.netlinkfedilink4•11 months agoDepends on definitions. 1978 for BBS vs either 1974 for the publication of TCP itself, or 1982/1983 for deployment of the same TCP/IP we use today, or 1976 for X.25, or 1977 for the first actual live interconnection of multiple packet switched networks.
minus-squareTroylinkfedilink4•11 months agoPerhaps better phrased: BBS predate the web (http+html) and the modern internet. Gopher doesn’t count ;)
BBS predate chatrooms and are proto-forums.
BBSes predate the internet.
Depends on definitions.
1978 for BBS vs either 1974 for the publication of TCP itself, or 1982/1983 for deployment of the same TCP/IP we use today, or 1976 for X.25, or 1977 for the first actual live interconnection of multiple packet switched networks.
Perhaps better phrased: BBS predate the web (http+html) and the modern internet. Gopher doesn’t count ;)