ARPANET Interface Message Processor platform

E28280

networking hardware platform packet-switching computer system

The ARPANET Interface Message Processor platform was the specialized packet-switching computer system that formed the backbone of the early ARPANET, handling data routing between host machines in the first large-scale packet-switched network.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
ARPANET Interface Message Processor platform canonical	1
ARPANET packet-switching layer	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	networking hardware platform ⓘ packet-switching computer system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	IMP ⓘ surface form: IMP platform Interface Message Processor ⓘ surface form: Interface Message Processor system
architecture	store-and-forward packet switching network node ⓘ
basedOn	Honeywell 316 minicomputer ⓘ Honeywell DDP-516 minicomputer ⓘ
connects	host computers ⓘ other Interface Message Processors ⓘ
connectsVia	56 kbit/s leased telephone lines ⓘ
developedBy	BBN Technologies ⓘ Bolt Beranek and Newman ⓘ
developedFor	ARPANET ⓘ
documentedIn	BBN Technologies ⓘ surface form: BBN Report 1822
firstDeployedAt	Stanford Research Institute ⓘ University of California, Santa Barbara ⓘ surface form: UC Santa Barbara University of California, Los Angeles ⓘ surface form: UCLA University of Utah ⓘ
function	data routing between host computers ⓘ error control for ARPANET links ⓘ flow control for ARPANET traffic ⓘ store-and-forward packet switching ⓘ
governedBy	ARPANET Network Measurement Center policies ⓘ
hadComponent	communication line interfaces ⓘ core memory ⓘ front-panel console ⓘ host interface ports ⓘ
implemented	congestion control mechanisms ⓘ routing algorithms for ARPANET ⓘ
influenced	design of military packet-switched networks ⓘ later packet-switching router designs ⓘ
introduced	1969 ⓘ
locationCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
partOf	ARPANET ⓘ
provided	reliable communication over unreliable lines ⓘ
role	backbone switching node of ARPANET ⓘ interface between host computers and ARPANET communication lines ⓘ
shielded	host computers from network details ⓘ
successor	Packet Switch Node platform ⓘ
use	packet switching ⓘ
usedIn	early Internet research ⓘ
usedOperatingSystem	custom real-time executive ⓘ
usedProtocol	NCP ⓘ Network Control Protocol ⓘ surface form: Network Control Program

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Subject: ARPANET Interface Message Processor platform
Description of subject: The ARPANET Interface Message Processor platform was the specialized packet-switching computer system that formed the backbone of the early ARPANET, handling data routing between host machines in the first large-scale packet-switched network.

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Honeywell DDP-516 → usedAs → ARPANET Interface Message Processor platform ⓘ

Host-to-Host Protocol → operatedOver → ARPANET Interface Message Processor platform ⓘ

this entity surface form: ARPANET packet-switching layer