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Christensen, Ward and Seuss, Randy Team - technical definition
Two individuals credited with
inventing the initial virtual bulletin board system, or BBS. In 1977-1978 in Chicago, Ward Christensen and Randy
Seuss started a dial-in BBS called RCPM (Remote CP/M, an operating system).
Ward Christensen also developed the Xmodem File Transfer Protocol (FTP), which was another milestone in the history of the Internet because it was the first file transfer method for PCs that was generally obtainable.
See Also: Bulletin Board System (BBS); FTP (File Transfer Protocol); Xmodem.
Hardy, H. The History of the Net. [Online, May 14, 2001.] HardyÂ’s Carleton
University Website. http://www.carleton.ca/~mflynnbu/internet_surveys/hardy.htm.