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Article: COMPUTER NETWORKS PROVE TO BE VITAL LINK
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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- January 18, 1994
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NEIL H. REISNER, Staff Writer
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
01-18-1994
COMPUTER NETWORKS PROVE TO BE VITAL LINK -- USERS DESCRIBE DAMAGE, RELAY MESSAGES
By NEIL H. REISNER, Staff Writer
Date: 01-18-1994, Tuesday
Section: NEWS
Edition: All Editions -- 3 Star, 2 Star P, 2 Star B, 1 Star Late, 1 Star Early
Within minutes after the pre-dawn earthquake devastated the Los
Angeles area Monday, people who spend their time chatting over the
global computer network began exchanging eyewitness information and
offering support.
Just 20 minutes after the temblor, electronic messages began flying
on the Internet, the international computer "network of networks,"
through which some 20 million computer ...