Advanced Research Projects Agency Network

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The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) was the pioneering U.S. Defense Department-funded packet-switching network that became the technical foundation of the modern internet.

Aliases (1)
  • United States Department of Defense ARPANET project ×1

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
instanceOf computer network
packet-switching network
precursor to the Internet
research network
alsoKnownAs ARPANET
connectedInstitution Stanford Research Institute
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of Utah
countryOfOrigin United States
dateOfTCPIPTransition 1983-01-01
developedUnderProgram ARPANET program
dissolved 1990
field computer networking
computer science
firstMessageContent LO
firstMessageIntendedContent LOGIN
firstMessageSentDate 1969-10-29
fundedBy Advanced Research Projects Agency
United States Department of Defense
governedBy ARPANET Network Working Group
hasKeyPerson Donald Davies
J. C. R. Licklider
Lawrence G. Roberts
Leonard Kleinrock
Paul Baran
Robert E. Kahn
Vinton Cerf
hasNumberOfInitialNodes 4
inception 1969
influenced Internet
NSFNET
modern packet-switched networks
locationOfFirstNode University of California, Los Angeles
locationOfNode Stanford Research Institute
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of Utah
notableApplication electronic mail
file transfer
remote login
operatedBy Advanced Research Projects Agency
purpose to enable resource sharing among geographically dispersed computers
to support military and academic research networking
replacedBy NSFNET
startDate 1969-10-29
usedProtocol Internet Protocol
Network Control Protocol
Transmission Control Protocol
usedProtocolSuite TCP/IP
usedTechnology packet switching

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Network Control Protocol ("United States Department of Defense ARPANET project")
developedFor
ARPANET
hasAbbreviation

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