ARPANET

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In creating ARPANET, researchers developed many of the technologies that over the next few decades formed the basis for the internet we know today.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Future generations may look back on this moment the way we look nostalgically at ARPANET, a pure infant version of the internet, its vast potential yet to be recognized and commercialized.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 3, 2021

ARPANET, the forerunner of the internet, was funded by the Defense Department.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2021

The Americans, “Arapanet”: In this second season episode of the acclaimed series, a deep cover Russian operative attempts to gain access to Internet precursor ARPANET.

From Slate • Mar. 1, 2016

The book, and softcopies obtained off the ARPANET, circulated even in cultures far removed from MIT and Stanford; the content exerted a strong and continuing influence on hackish language and humor.

From The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 by Raymond, Eric S.