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arpa

British  
/ ˈɑːpə /

noun

  1. a site concerned with internet infrastructure

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of arpa

C20: acronym of A(ddress and) R(outing) P(arameter) A(rea)

Example Sentences

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To describe this phenomenon, the research team coined a new phrase: "amyloid-removal-related pseudo-atrophy" or ARPA.

From Science Daily

"For example, you could try to make the HIV capsid less elastic, which our data suggests would hamper its ability to get inside the nucleus," said Arpa Hudait, a research scientist at UChicago and first author of the paper.

From Science Daily

"This gives us a lot of confidence that we continue to be on track to hit the minimum $5 billion we have in previously signed advanced purchase agreements," Moderna Chief Commercial Officer Arpa Garay told Reuters.

From Reuters

A: When you hear someone call for an ARPA, what you are hearing is a cry for R&D that provides solutions to very hard problems.

From Science Magazine

"ARPA began funding heroic research projects that supported many of the innovations that emerged within the digital technology thread," Kleinrock told Salon.

From Salon