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

2. 2 Virsraksts Bullet 1 Bullet 2 2 Computer Science & Electronics

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

4. And it happened - 4 10 December 1990

5. #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 postmaster@lumii.lat.su #T +7 013 2 225621 #P 29 Raina bulvaris, SU-226250 Riga, Latvija, USSR #L #W dvv@hq.demos.su 901210, dvv@hq.demos.su 901210 5

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7. Pioneers of Internet in Latvia

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

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

10. Whois: domain lv Academic Network of Latvian Universities ( LATNET ) Rainis blvd. 29 Riga LV1459 LATVIA Domain Name: LV Administrative Contact: Barzdins, Guntis e-mail : guntis@mii.lu.lvguntis@mii.lu.lv phone : 371-2-212427 Technical Contact, Zone Contact: Gatavins, Martins e-mail : martins@mii.lu.lvmartins@mii.lu.lv phone : 371-2-212427 Lacis, Janis e-mail : janis@mii.lu.lvjanis@mii.lu.lv phone : 371-2-212427 Record last updated on 15-Mar-93. 10 Domain servers in listed order: LAPSENE.MII.LU.LV 159.148.60.2 SUNIC.SUNET.SE 192.36.125.2 NS.EU.NET 192.16.202.11 NS.UU.NET 137.39.1.3 Top Level domain for the Republic of Latvia Not much has changed since then – 20 years of successful operation!

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

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

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

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15. 15 Thank you! guntis@nic.lv