Internet & networking · 1985
RFC 968: ‘Twas the Night Before Start-up
Request for Comments 968 · December 1985
Vint Cerf’s poem on debugging a new network the night before it is brought into operation.
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- Retrieved
- 27 September 2026
- Language
- English
- Rights holder
- Vint Cerf, 1985
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