ARPANET
or AR·PA·net
[ ahr-puh-net ]
/ ˈɑr pəˌnɛt /
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noun Computers.
Advanced Research Projects Agency Network: a network of computers, developed by the U.S. Department of Defense in the 1960s, that pioneered data transfer in packets and the Internet Protocol; a precursor to the internet.
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Origin of ARPANET
First recorded in 1970–75
usage note for ARPANET
See internet.
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Scientific definitions for ARPANET
ARPANET
[ är′pə-nĕt ]
A computer network developed by the Advanced Research Project Agency (now the Defense Advance Research Projects Agency) in the 1960s and 1970s as a means of communication between research laboratories and universities. ARPANET was the predecessor to the Internet.
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Cultural definitions for ARPANET
Arpanet
An acronym for Advanced Research Project Agency Network. An early communications network developed by the Department of Defense in the late 1960s. It connected high-tech research institutions and the military.
notes for Arpanet
Creating a communications system that could survive a nuclear war was a major impetus behind the development of this system.
notes for Arpanet
Arpanet is often spoken of as a precursor of the Internet.
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