The NIC provided the first links to on-line documents, and when e-mail and the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) became available, the NIC used them to deliver information to users via the network.
The NIC provided the first links to on-line documents using the NLS Journal system developed at ARC. When e-mail and the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) became available around 1976, the NIC used them to deliver information to users via the network.