15 Minute Series What was ARPANET?


ARPANET stands for Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) Network. The network was developed in 1969 by ARPA and funded by the Department of Defense.

The network was chiefly experimental, and was used to research, develop and test networking technologies.

The original network connected four host computers at four separate universities throughout the United States, enabling users to share resources and information.



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