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date: '2020-03-05'
title: 'The History of the URL'
description: "On the twenty-two computer scientists met to discuss an issue with 'computer mail' (now known as email). Attendees included the guy who would create Sun Microsystems, the guy who made Zork, the NTP guy, and the guy who convinced the government to pay for Unix."
tags: ['development']
---

**[Cloudflare:](https://blog.cloudflare.com/the-history-of-the-url/)**

> On the twenty-two computer scientists met to discuss an issue with 'computer mail' (now known as email). Attendees included the guy who would create Sun Microsystems, the guy who made Zork, the NTP guy, and the guy who convinced the government to pay for Unix.<!-- excerpt -->
