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  • Via History of Computers

    Early internet pioneer Larry Roberts dies at 81

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    Jon Fingas
    Jon Fingas
    12.30.2018

    The internet has lost one of its early architects. Larry Roberts, best known as the program manager for ARPAnet (the internet's precursor), died on December 26th at the age of 81. While he wasn't as much of a public representative for the internet as people like Tim Berners-Lee or Vint Cerf, he made key decisions that would dictate how the internet behaved.