IMP

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IMP is an early packet-switching node used in the ARPANET, serving as a precursor to modern internet routers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Interface Message Processor
computer network device
packet-switching node
alsoKnownAs Interface Message Processor
architecture separate host and network interfaces
basedOn Honeywell DDP-516 minicomputer
communicationMethod fixed-size packets
store-and-forward message switching
connects host computers to the ARPANET
connectsVia 56 kbit/s leased telephone lines (later configurations)
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
designedBy BBN team led by Frank Heart
Frank Heart
developedBy Bolt Beranek and Newman
developedFor Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
surface form: Advanced Research Projects Agency
firstDeployed 1969
firstInstalledAt Stanford Research Institute
University of California, Los Angeles
surface form: UCLA

University of California, Santa Barbara
University of Utah
hardwarePlatform Honeywell 316
Honeywell DDP-516 minicomputer
surface form: Honeywell DDP-516
historicalSignificance key component in the first large-scale packet-switched network
one of the first operational packet switches
implements Interface Message Processor protocol stack
early ARPANET routing algorithms
error control for packet transmission
flow control for packet transmission
influenced design of modern internet routers
development of packet-switched networks
managementFunction network statistics collection
remote monitoring of ARPANET links
networkFunction routing of packets between ARPANET hosts
store-and-forward packet switching
operatingSystem custom real-time software developed by BBN
originalLineSpeed 50 kbit/s
partOf ARPANET
surface form: ARPANET infrastructure
reliabilityFeatures automatic retransmission of lost packets
line monitoring and diagnostics
role packet-switching node in the ARPANET
precursor to modern internet routers
successor C/30 IMP
modern IP routers
supports host-to-host communication on ARPANET
supportsTopology early ARPANET mesh network
usedFor military and academic data communication
research in computer networking
usedIn ARPANET

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this entity surface form: IMP platform
ARPANET usesTechnology IMP