Title :
The role of ARPA in the development of the ARPANET, 1961-1972
Author_Institution :
4725 14th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Abstract :
The use of computer networks is growing rapidly throughout our society. Current network technology has its roots in the U.S. Department of Defense, specifically in the Advanced Research Projects Agency and the ARPANET computer network, but designed for other than explicitly military objectives. This paper describes ARPA´s motivations for developing the network and how ARPA and computer science researchers built the first wide-area packet-switching network
Keywords :
military communication; military computing; packet switching; wide area networks; ARPA; ARPANET; Advanced Research Projects Agency; Department of Defense; computer networks; computer science research; military computer network; wide-area packet-switching network; ARPANET; Buildings; Command and control systems; Computer networks; Computer vision; Contracts; Hardware; Information processing; Programming profession; Time sharing computer systems;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
