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I have heard several people say that Al Gore invented the internet, maybe it was said tongue in cheek and I should have laughed.

Just in case anyone actually thinks it's true.

"Some years ago, rightwing commentators accused Al Gore of claiming to have invented the internet. That accusation was false, the former vice president having actually said that he “took the initiative in creating the internet.” In other words, he helped set up the necessary legislative and regulatory framework that made today’s information highway possible".

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"It is impossible to credit the invention of the internet to a single person. The internet was the work of dozens of pioneering scientists, programmers and engineers who each developed new features and technologies that eventually merged to become the “information superhighway” we know today.

The first workable prototype of the Internet came in the late 1960s with the creation of ARPANET, or the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network. Originally funded by the U.S. Department of Defense, ARPANET used packet switching to allow multiple computers to communicate on a single network".

https://www.history.com/news/who-invented-the-internet