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==ARPANET AKA Advanced Research Projects Agency Network== | ==ARPANET AKA Advanced Research Projects Agency Network== | ||
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The first computer network of distributed control - a system that laid the groundwork for what would eventually become [[ | The first computer network of distributed control - a system that laid the groundwork for what would eventually become [[UseNet|UseNet]] and, more widely, [[Internet|the Internet]]. Though ARPANET was developed and funded by the United States Department of Defense<ref>Originally using one million dollars essentially embezzled from a ballistic missile defense program.</ref> specifically for the cataloguing and sharing of research, its emergent and foundational technologies were fluidly shared (and monetized) by the techno-communication behemoths [[Ma-bell|Ma Bell]] and [[IBM|IBM]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:05, 16 August 2025
ARPANET AKA Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
The first computer network of distributed control - a system that laid the groundwork for what would eventually become UseNet and, more widely, the Internet. Though ARPANET was developed and funded by the United States Department of Defense[1] specifically for the cataloguing and sharing of research, its emergent and foundational technologies were fluidly shared (and monetized) by the techno-communication behemoths Ma Bell and IBM.
- ↑ Originally using one million dollars essentially embezzled from a ballistic missile defense program.