I’m not a Historian, I am a Computer Scientist Guntis Bārzdiņš, NIC.LV Riga, 19 April 2013

2 Virsraksts Bullet 1 Bullet 2 2 Computer Science & Electronics

The first domain name in Latvia registered within USSR (for UUCP ) 3.lumii.lat.su

And it happened December 1990

#N lumii.lat.su #S PC AT, MS-DOS 3.30, UUPC #O The Research Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science #C Andrejs Spektors #E #T #P 29 Raina bulvaris, SU Riga, Latvija, USSR #L #W ,

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Pioneers of Internet in Latvia

8 The first Internet POP in Latvia at Institute of Mathematics and Compuer Science, University of Latvia (IMCS UL)

9 The Primary server for TLD.LV was moved from KTH (SUNET, Sweden) to IMCS UL in March, 1993

Whois: domain lv Academic Network of Latvian Universities ( LATNET ) Rainis blvd. 29 Riga LV1459 LATVIA Domain Name: LV Administrative Contact: Barzdins, Guntis phone : Technical Contact, Zone Contact: Gatavins, Martins phone : Lacis, Janis phone : Record last updated on 15-Mar Domain servers in listed order: LAPSENE.MII.LU.LV SUNIC.SUNET.SE NS.EU.NET NS.UU.NET Top Level domain for the Republic of Latvia Not much has changed since then – 20 years of successful operation!

Lot of data has been moved over these 20 years... 11

INET’ 93 in San Francisco – we become a part of the global Internet community 12

13 Thanks to the.LV “Technical Contacts” for the 20 years of smooth operation! Mārtiņš Medens Jānis Lācis

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15 Thank you!