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Organisation

DARPA

DARPA continued ARPA’s research mission and sponsored the internetworking work that produced TCP/IP and practical demonstrations across unlike networks.

Type
institution or organisation
Founded
1972 name adopted; agency founded as ARPA in 1958
Location
United States Department of Defense
Known for
Internet and TCP/IP
Historical role

What the organisation contributed

DARPA and research programmes DARPA and research programmes shapes participation, standards, resource allocation, visibility and enforcement.

Why it mattered

Interconnects heterogeneous packet networks without requiring them to share one internal switching technology, administration or service model.

Connected topics

Where this fits in ITEM

Internet and TCP/IP
Evidence

Sources and further reading

  1. ARPANET

    DARPA · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

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  2. TCP/IP

    DARPA · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

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  3. A Protocol for Packet Network Intercommunication, IEEE Transactions on Communications, May 1974

    Vint Cerf, Robert Kahn · 1974

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