What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Donald Davies (internet pioneer, inventor of packet switching) Recorded plaque organisation: Rhondda Cynon Taf Council.
Donald Davies was a British computer scientist who is best known as one of the inventors of packet switching technology, which is fundamental to the functioning of the internet.
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