THE ROLE OF ARPA IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARPANET, 1961-1972

Authors
ONEILL JE
Citation
Je. Oneill, THE ROLE OF ARPA IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARPANET, 1961-1972, IEEE annals of the history of computing, 17(4), 1995, pp. 76-81
Citations number
42
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Sciences, Special Topics","History & Philosophy of Sciences
Journal title
IEEE annals of the history of computing → ACNP
ISSN journal
10586180
Volume
17
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
76 - 81
Database
ISI
SICI code
1058-6180(1995)17:4<76:TROAIT>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
The use of computer networks is growing rapidly throughout our society . Current network technology has its roots in the U.S. Department of D efense, specifically in the Advanced Research Projects Agency and the ARPANET computer network, but designed for other than explicitly milit ary objectives. This paper describes ARPA's motivations for developing the network and how ARPA and computer science researchers built the f irst wide-area packet-switching network.