<s>
Intergalactic	B-General_Concept
Computer	I-General_Concept
Network	I-General_Concept
or	O
Galactic	B-General_Concept
Network	I-General_Concept
(	O
IGCN	O
)	O
was	O
a	O
computer	B-Architecture
networking	I-Architecture
concept	O
similar	O
to	O
today	O
's	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
office	O
memorandum	O
he	O
sent	O
to	O
his	O
colleagues	O
in	O
1963	O
was	O
addressed	O
to	O
"	O
Members	O
and	O
Affiliates	O
of	O
the	O
Intergalactic	B-General_Concept
Computer	I-General_Concept
Network	I-General_Concept
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
head	O
of	O
IPTO	O
from	O
1962	O
to	O
1964	O
,	O
"	O
Licklider	O
initiated	O
three	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
important	O
developments	O
in	O
information	O
technology	O
:	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
computer	B-General_Concept
science	I-General_Concept
departments	O
at	O
several	O
major	O
universities	O
,	O
time-sharing	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
networking.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Licklider	O
first	O
learned	O
about	O
time-sharing	B-General_Concept
from	O
Christopher	O
Strachey	O
at	O
the	O
inaugural	O
UNESCO	O
Information	O
Processing	O
Conference	O
in	O
Paris	O
in	O
1959	O
.	O
</s>
