BBN Technologies

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BBN Technologies is an American research and development company renowned for its pioneering work in computer networking and its key role in creating the ARPANET, the precursor to the modern internet.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf defense contractor
research and development company
technology company
acquiredBy Raytheon Company NERFINISHED
acquisitionDate 2009
client Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
United States Department of Defense
country United States
developed BBN Butterfly parallel computer
Interface Message Processor
TENEX operating system
early email systems
fieldOfWork artificial intelligence
computer science research
network engineering
signal processing
speech and language technology
formerName Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc.
foundedBy Leo Beranek
Richard Bolt
Robert Newman NERFINISHED
hasResearchFocus cybersecurity
distributed systems
network security
sensor networks
hasSubsidiary BBN Technologies Corp.
headquartersLocation Cambridge, Massachusetts
inception 1948
industry computer networking
defense
information technology
location Massachusetts
notableEmployee Bob Kahn
Ray Tomlinson
Vint Cerf
notableWork ARPANET
acoustic signal processing
early internet protocols
military communications systems
natural language processing systems
packet switching research
speech recognition systems
ownedBy Raytheon Company NERFINISHED
participatedIn ARPANET project
DARPA research programs
roleIn development of ARPANET
development of the modern Internet
shortName BBN


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