On this date 20 years ago, test engineer Neil Papworth sent the words ‘Merry Christmas’ from his computer to Richard Jarvis over the Vodafone network at a staff Christmas party. These two little words unknowingly marked the arrival of the text.
So to mark this historic day, and celebrate it in the festive tradition in which it was born, The Drum has devised a little Text Quiz for the tech savvy among you.
If you know LOL means Laugh Out Loud and not, as PM David Cameron thought, Lots Of Love then an early Christmas present from Wiley’s Books could be heading your way.
Send your answers to stephen.lepitak@thedrum.com and we'll highlight the best scores later today, and award some prizes too.
Updated: The Answers are in the comment section below.