ARPANET

E1032

computer network packet-switching network research network

ARPANET was the pioneering packet-switching network developed in the late 1960s that became the technical foundation of the modern Internet.

Aliases (6)

ARPANET project ×3
ARPANET infrastructure ×1
ARPANET program ×1
Design of the ARPANET ×1
History of the Internet ×1
research-focused ARPANET ×1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	computer network → packet-switching network → research network →
basedOn	packet switching →
connects	military installations → research institutions → universities →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
dateOfTCPIPTransition	1983-01-01 →
decommissionDate	1990-02-28 →
designStart	1966 →
developedBy	ARPA → Advanced Research Projects Agency →
field	computer networking → computer science →
firstFourNodes	Stanford Research Institute → UCLA → University of California, Santa Barbara → University of Utah →
firstMessageContent	LO →
firstMessageDate	1969-10-29 →
firstMessageFrom	UCLA →
firstMessageTo	Stanford Research Institute →
firstNode	UCLA → University of California, Los Angeles →
fundedBy	DoD → U.S. Department of Defense → United States Department of Defense →
hasAbbreviation	Advanced Research Projects Agency Network →
hasKeyPerson	Donald Davies → J. C. R. Licklider → Lawrence G. Roberts → Leonard Kleinrock → Paul Baran → Robert Kahn → Vinton Cerf →
hasRole	precursor of the Internet → technical foundation of the Internet →
inception	1966 →
migrationToProtocol	TCP/IP →
notableFor	enabling resource sharing among computers → influencing Internet architecture → pioneering packet switching →
operatedBy	DCA → Defense Communications Agency →
operationEnd	1990 →
operationStart	1969 →
partOf	early Internet →
replacedBy	Defense Data Network → modern Internet →
shortName	ARPANET →
status	decommissioned →
usedProtocol	NCP → Network Control Protocol → TCP → TCP/IP →
usesTechnology	IMP → Interface Message Processor → leased telephone lines → time-sharing computers →

Referenced by (34)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
BBN Technologies → Bolt Beranek and Newman → Lawrence G. Roberts → Robert Kahn ("Design of the ARPANET") →	notableWork
ARPANET protocol suite → NCP → Network Control Protocol →	usedOn
ARPANET Interface Message Processor platform → Interface Message Processor →	developedFor
ARPANET Interface Message Processor platform → IMP ("ARPANET infrastructure") →	partOf
Honeywell DDP-516 → Interface Message Processor →	usedInNetwork
Ray Tomlinson → Robert W. Taylor →	workedOn
Advanced Research Projects Agency Network →	alsoKnownAs
NSFNET ("History of the Internet") →	category
ARPANET protocol suite ("ARPANET project") →	developedBy
Advanced Research Projects Agency Network ("ARPANET program") →	developedUnderProgram
MILNET ("research-focused ARPANET") →	distinctFrom
TCP/IP →	firstDeployedFor
Defense Data Network →	follows
Internet Experiment Note 41 →	networkContext
RFC 883 →	networkScope
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency →	notableProject
Network Working Group →	operatedOnNetwork
Internet →	originatedFrom
Network Working Group ("ARPANET project") →	parentOrganization
BBN Technologies ("ARPANET project") →	participatedIn
MILNET →	separatedFrom
ARPANET →	shortName
IMP →	usedIn
Honeywell DDP-516 →	usedInProject
Ray Tomlinson →	usedNetwork