Skip to content

ibiblio.org logo

The Public's Library and Digital Archive

  • Browse
    • Explore
    • Browse All Items
    • Browse By Categorized Tags
    • Search Items
    • Featured and Recent
  • Share
  • Software
    • Linux Distributions
    • Software mirrors
  • Projects
    • IPv6 Services
  • Donate
  • About
    • People
    • Awards & Recognitions
    • Student Jobs
    • Supporters
  • Help
    • Help Request
    • Contact
    • FAQ
  • Browse Exhibits

Welcome to ibiblio

Home to one of the largest free information databases online, ibiblio.org has something for everyone. Visitors can browse through our eclectic collections catalog and contributors can host and share their unique collections with millions worldwide.

Get started: Browse | Share

  • ← Previous Item
  • Next Item →

Contact Project

Description

The Contact Project was a puzzle designed to show how difficult it would be to translate a message from extra-terrestrials. Instead it showed how the Internet does an amazing job as a massively parallel computational resource.

Identifier

http://www.ibiblio.org/lunar/alien.html

Tags:

Astronomy, Computers & the Internet, Historic, Natural Science and Mathematics, Technology and Applied Sciences

Citation

“Contact Project,” ibiblio catalog, accessed May 15, 2025, https://www.ibiblio.org/catalog/items/show/3688.

ibiblio.org is a collaboration of the School of Information and Library Science and Information Technology Services at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
About ibiblio | Contact | Privacy Policy | Help

Copyright © 2025 ibiblio, All Rights Reserved.
Powered by Omeka.