My first recollection of the documented use of the term "Internet" was in RFC 675 the 
specification of the Internet Transmission Control Protocol.

ARPA called the project "Internetting" starting in 1973, I believe.

Bob Kahn you know that point for sure.

vint

At 02:59 AM 1/15/2003 +0100, J-F C. (Jefsey)  Morfin wrote:
>PS. Vint, when was the name Internet used for the first time? When you say 'multiple 
>net systems' did  you refer by then to mutiple networks, to multiple technologies or 
>both?

Vint Cerf
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