<s>
The	O
First	B-Application
Internet	I-Application
Backgammon	I-Application
Server	I-Application
(	O
FIBS	O
)	O
began	O
operating	O
on	O
July	O
19	O
,	O
1992	O
,	O
allowing	O
users	O
to	O
play	O
backgammon	B-Application
in	O
real-time	O
against	O
other	O
people	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FIBS	O
caters	O
to	O
a	O
strong	O
international	O
community	O
of	O
backgammon	B-Application
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
an	O
immediate	O
success	O
,	O
and	O
no	O
other	O
backgammon	B-Application
server	O
came	O
online	O
until	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
users	O
connected	O
to	O
FIBS	O
via	O
a	O
command	B-Application
line	I-Application
interface	I-Application
through	O
TELNET	B-Protocol
similar	O
to	O
a	O
MUD	B-Application
,	O
with	O
the	O
standard	O
backgammon	B-Application
board	O
drawn	O
in	O
ASCII	B-Protocol
text	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dice	B-Language
rolls	O
are	O
represented	O
numerically	O
and	O
moves	O
are	O
performed	O
by	O
entering	O
starting	O
and	O
ending	O
point	O
numbers	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
standard	O
backgammon	B-Application
notation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interfaces	I-Application
for	O
FIBS	O
were	O
developed	O
in	O
1994	O
;	O
FIBS/W	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
MacFIBS	O
for	O
the	O
classic	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
OS	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Graphical	B-Application
interfaces	I-Application
continue	O
to	O
be	O
developed	O
for	O
most	O
major	O
computing	O
platforms	O
,	O
including	O
mobile	O
phones	O
and	O
tablets	O
,	O
however	O
telnet	B-Protocol
remains	O
the	O
underlying	O
protocol	O
for	O
FIBS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bots	O
have	O
been	O
developed	O
,	O
some	O
based	O
on	O
neural	B-Architecture
net	I-Architecture
programs	O
like	O
gnubg	O
,	O
JellyFish	O
,	O
TD-Gammon	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Snowie	O
,	O
to	O
allow	O
human	O
players	O
to	O
compete	O
with	O
these	O
computer	O
programs	O
on	O
FIBS	O
and	O
to	O
analyze	O
these	O
programs	O
 '	O
performance	O
in	O
real-world	O
play	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
server	O
provided	O
the	O
first	O
opportunity	O
for	O
backgammon	B-Application
players	O
to	O
be	O
rated	O
on	O
the	O
Elo	O
rating	O
system	O
first	O
devised	O
for	O
chess	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
server	O
has	O
been	O
used	O
for	O
testing	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
concepts	O
using	O
the	O
backgammon	B-Application
bot	O
LGammon	O
,	O
written	O
by	O
Mark	O
Land	O
of	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
California	O
,	O
San	O
Diego	O
.	O
</s>
