electronVolt@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 months agoMost technologies continue to improve with innovation, like WiFi. What is a technology that was nearly perfect upon conception?message-squaremessage-square136fedilinkarrow-up1142arrow-down12
arrow-up1140arrow-down1message-squareMost technologies continue to improve with innovation, like WiFi. What is a technology that was nearly perfect upon conception?electronVolt@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 months agomessage-square136fedilink
minus-squareCyberflunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoInternet Protocol. ipv4 remains dominant. tcp and ip merged in like 1973, and it lived in labs till 82 or 83. after that its been 40 years of nearly perfect ip spec
minus-squaretias@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoNot because it’s perfect but because its wide deployment means it takes a lot of effort to replace
Internet Protocol.
ipv4 remains dominant.
tcp and ip merged in like 1973, and it lived in labs till 82 or 83. after that its been 40 years of nearly perfect ip spec
Not because it’s perfect but because its wide deployment means it takes a lot of effort to replace