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Leonard Kleinrock, one of the Internet&#039;s early pioneers, spoke to about 30 students in a crowded Boelter Hall classroom Wednesday. (Kailey Rishovd/Daily Bruin)

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Forty-five years ago, he sent the first ever instant message from the halls of Boelter to a computer in a Stanford lab. The Stanford computer crashed almost instantly, flashing just the letters &quot;LO&quot; before going blank.

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ACM opens Speaker Series with talk by Internet pioneer, UCLA professor

By Edward Pedroza

Nov. 13, 2014 1:12 a.m.