ARPANET
Date Submitted: 10/06/2001 12:49:22
The USSR launches Sputnik, the first artificial earth satellite. In the late 1960’s the U.S. military was desperately afraid of a nuclear attack from the Soviet Union. The United States formed the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) within the Department of Defense to establish a bombproof network to connect military bases. ARPANET’s physical network was established in 1969 to enable universities and research organizations to exchange information freely. The first two nodes that formed
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from which the Internet grew. The government fostered and encouraged the growth of private Internet corporations. Today the Internet spans across all 7 continents and connects the whole world with some clicks of a mouse and typing at the keyboard.
Bibliography
Bibliography
Books
1.)Casting the Net: From Arpanet to Internet and Beyond (Unix and Open Systems Series)
Peter H. Salus / Paperback / Published 1995
2.) Building the Arpanet: Unpublished Source Documents of the First
Peter Salus(Editor) / Hardcover / Published 1998
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