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-Acronym for Advanced Research Projects Agency Network, ArpaNet was a pioneering WideAreaNetwork funded by the US Department of Defense
. It seems that back then, as today, American researchers could get more funding if they can somehow find a military use for their research. The basic premise (at least from the military angle) of ArpaNet was a communications network that could "route around damage".
+Acronym for Advanced Research Projects Agency Network, ArpaNet was a pioneering WideAreaNetwork funded by the US DepartmentOfDefense
. It seems that back then, as today, American researchers could get more funding if they can somehow find a military use for their research. The basic premise (at least from the military angle) of ArpaNet was a communications network that could "route around damage".
It became operational in 1968 and served as the basis for early networking research, as well as a central backbone
-during the development of the InterNet. The ARPANET consisted of individual packet switching computers interconnected by leased lines. Protocols used include FTP and telnet
. It has now been replaced (for DoD use) by NSFnet and is widely acknowledged as the parent of the InterNet.
+during the development of the InterNet. The ARPANET consisted of individual packet switching computers interconnected by leased lines. Protocols used include [
FTP]
and [Telnet]
. It has now been replaced (for [
DoD]
use) by NSFnet and is widely acknowledged as the parent of the InterNet.
Read about [ARPANet's history|http://www.dei.isep.ipp.pt/docs/arpa.html].
