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Paul Baran, Donald Davies Develop Message Blocks/Packet-switching (jan 1, 1964 – jan 1, 1967)

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The Rand Corporation's Paul Baran develops message blocks in the U.S., while Donald Watts Davies, at the National Physical Laboratory in Britain, simultaneously creates a similar technology called packet-switching. The technology revolutionizes data communications.

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jan 1, 1964
jan 1, 1967
~ 3 years