Interface Message Processor

E1033

The Interface Message Processor was the pioneering packet-switching node that formed the backbone of the early ARPANET, serving as a precursor to modern internet routers.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf ARPANET node
computer network device
packet-switching node
precursor to internet router
alsoKnownAs IMP
basedOn Honeywell DDP-516 minicomputer
communicationMedium leased telephone lines
connectedHost Stanford Research Institute
UCLA Network Measurement Center
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of Utah
connects host computers
other Interface Message Processors
countryOfOrigin United States
designedAs reliable subnetwork for ARPANET hosts
designedBy BBN networking team
Frank Heart
developedBy BBN Technologies
Bolt Beranek and Newman
developedFor ARPANET
firstDeployed 1969
firstSite UCLA
University of California, Los Angeles
fundedBy ARPA
Advanced Research Projects Agency
hardwarePlatform Honeywell DDP-516
historicalSignificance formed backbone of early ARPANET
pioneering packet-switching node
precursor to modern internet routers
implements error control mechanisms
flow control mechanisms
packet switching
routing algorithms
store-and-forward communication
inspired later router architectures
managedBy BBN Network Operations Center
Network Control Center
maxHostsPerIMP 4
networkRole packet switch
store-and-forward node
operationalLayer subnetwork layer below host protocols
packetSize fixed-size packets
partOf early Internet infrastructure
replacedBy modern internet routers
status obsolete
usedInNetwork ARPANET
usedProtocol 1822 protocol
early ARPANET host-to-IMP protocol

Referenced by (7)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
ARPANET Interface Message Processor platform ("Interface Message Processor system")
IMP
alsoKnownAs
BBN Technologies
Bolt Beranek and Newman
developed
Bolt Beranek and Newman
notableWork
NCP ("Interface Message Processors")
operatedOver
ARPANET
usesTechnology

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