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BITNET

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BITNET was a cooperative university computer network in the United States, founded in 1981 by Ira Fuchs at the City University of New York and Greydon Freeman at Yale University, with its first network link connecting the two schools.

Facts
Year
1981 1
Significance
Allowed thousands of new users to experience innovations such as email and file transfers for the first time 1
Sources
1. BITNET - Wikipedia
  • History, sentence 1
    In 1981, universities came together to form BITNET, which allowed thousands of new users to experience innovations such as email and file transfers for the first time.
  • History, sentence 1 clause 2
    which allowed thousands of new users to experience innovations such as email and file transfers for the first time
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