The internet was born this week in 1969, and immediately glitched — only two of the five letters in the first computer-to-computer message were received

The foundations of the internet were set 56 years ago. However, like many other great moments in history, the story of the first computer-to-computer message sent over a distributed packet-switched network, began with an underwhelming fizz, rather than a bang. Moreover, it involved a computer crash and a ‘typo’ – how thoroughly modern.

If you’ve read or watched anything about the history of the internet, you will have probably heard of ARPANET (the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network). At…