DocumentCode
1144817
Title
The role of ARPA in the development of the ARPANET, 1961-1972
Author
O´Neill, J.E.
Author_Institution
4725 14th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Volume
17
Issue
4
fYear
1995
Firstpage
76
Lastpage
81
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1058-6180
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/85.477437
Filename
477437
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