Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
EARLY PACKET SWITCHING NETWORK
Arpanet; ARPAnet; Darpanet; ARPANet; DARPANET; Advanced Research Projects Agency Network; Advanced Research Project Agency Network
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networking> (
ARPANET) A pioneering longhaul {wide area
network} funded by
DARPA (when it was still called "ARPA"?).
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 It has now been replaced by
NSFnet.
[
1968 or 1969?]
(1994-11-17)