Advanced Research Projects Agency Network

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computer network packet-switching network precursor to the Internet research network

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 →

Referenced by (2)

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