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[–] 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

It is an “interconnected network” which, yes, originally used only cables - because that’s all there was.

A car is still a car - even when you substitute the combustion engine for an electric motor.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    yes, originally used only cables - because that’s all there was

    That's not correct. The Arpanet, the precursor to the Internet, already included the wireless AlohaNet by Dec 1972. The Arpanet didn't become a true Internet, a network connecting 2 or more other networks, until 1977. So the Internet as we know it has always included wireless links.

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