Arpanet: ARPANET was the network that

ARPANET ARPANET was the network that became the basis for the Internet. Based on a concept first published in 1967, ARPANET was developed under the direction of the U.S. Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA). In 1969, the idea became a modest reality with the interconnection of four university computers. The initial purpose was to communicate with and share computer resources among mainly scientific users at the connected institutions. ARPANET took advantage of the new idea of sending ... ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) is the first operational packet switching network that allowed for the sharing of information and resources between different institutions. It was designed to connect research institutions, government agencies, and military installations. The foundation of the current internet started taking shape in 1969 with the activation of the four-node network, known as ARPANET, and matured over two decades until ARPANET was deactivated as it became subsumed by the much more extensive network of networks, that is, the internet. How history was made The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) – the forerunner to the modern internet – marks its 50th anniversary today (October 29). To celebrate this landmark occasion, The Daily Swig provides a rundown of ARPANET and how it laid the groundwork for the modern internet and today’s hyper-connected world. What is ARPANET? ARPANET was an experimental system that pioneered the then-radical idea of networking different kinds of computers together. The ...