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Scientific Data Systems
SDC, see System Development
Corporation
SDS 940 computer
seismic information
semaphores
Senate, U.S.
SENDMSG
Sesostris I, King of Egypt
SF-Lovers
Shakespeare, William
Sigma-7 computer
IMP interface with
SiliconValley
simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP)
Skinner, B. F.
Sloan School of Management
smileys
Snuper Computer
sound localization
Southern California, University of, Information
Sciences Institute (ISI)
Soviet Union
perceived threat of nuclear attack
from
Sputnik launched by
technological race between U.S. and
space exploration
Space Physics Analysis Network
(SPAN)
speech recognition
speed-reading
Sputnik,
Sputnik II,
Stanford Research Institute (SRI)
ARPA host site at
Network Information Center (NIC)
at
oNLine System of
Stanford University
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at
Business School of
Computer Science Department at
first network test at
Medical School of
Star Wars program
stationary communications satellites
Stefferud, Einar
store-and-forward network
Strategic Air Command
submarines
Sun (Stanford University Network)
Microsystems
SURAnet
Sussex University
Sutherland, Ivan
Swarthmore College
synchronizer bugs
System Development Corporation
(SDC)
TALK
tape recorders
Taylor, Bob
at ARPA
networking concept advanced by
TCP (Transmission-Control Protocol)
TCP/IP
telecommunications
British
history of
long distance
real-time systems of
survivability of
technology of
teleconferences
telegraphy
TELENET
telephone system
analog signals of
British
circuit switching mechanism of
computer network transmission
through
dedicated lines in
direct dialing in
line tests in
long-distance network of
service and equipment of
vulnerability of
see also AT&T; Bell System
Teletype
Model
Model
television
Telnet
Tenex
Terminal IMPs, see TIPs
terminals
terrorist groups
Texas, University of (UT)
Texas Instruments
Thach, Truett
Thacker, Chuck
Thomas, Charles
Thoreau, Henry David
3Com
360 Model 50 computers
Thrope, Marty
Time
time clocks
time-sharing
TIPs (Terminal IMPs)
Tomlinson, Ray
transistors
transmission-control protocol (TCP)
Trusted Information Systems
Turing, Alan
2001: A Space Odyssey
TX-0
TX-2
UCLA
ARPANET host site at
computer science department at
first network test at
Network Measurement Center at
School of Public Health at
“Under Libra: Weights and Measures”
(Merrill)
Ungermann-Bass
Union Carbide
United Nations (UN)
Univac
UNIX
USING
Utah, University of
ARPANET host site at
U-2 spy planes
UUCP
Van Nuys High School
Vezza, Al
Vietnam War
antiwar movement against
virtual reality
conversations in
Vittal, John
Walden, Dave
programming work of
real-time systems expertise
Walker, Steve
Washington Hilton Hotel
Washington University
Watergate scandal
Weizenbaum, Joseph
Welchman, Gordon
Wessler, Barry
Western Union Telegraph Company
Whirlwind
White House
Office of Telecommunications Policy
at
wind tunnels
Wingfield, Mike
Wired
Wisconsin, University of
Woods, Don
workstation computers
World War II
World Wide Web
Xerox Corporation
Palo Alto Research Center
X-Y position indicator for a display system
see mouse
Yale University
York, Herbert