ARPANET
First packet network
ARPANET was a computer network developed by the U.S.
Department of Defense in the late 1960s, the earliest precursor to the modern Internet.
It pioneered packet-switching technology and protocols that allowed different computer systems to communicate.
The network connected research institutions and universities before being decommissioned in 1990, its functions absorbed by successor networks.
American policy research institution
- SRIAmerican scientific research nonprofit
- UCLAWestwood public university
- StanfordCalifornia private research university
- MITCambridge research university
Cold War · defense · research · time-sharing · computer science · funding · 1969 · government
Network hardware acronym
- TCP/IPInternet's core protocol suite
- protocolPrescribed conduct rules
- routerPacket-forwarding network device
- gatewayPoint of access
modem · node · topology · bandwidth · latency · backbone · telnet · FTP
Internet's core protocol suite
- CycladesCircular Greek island group
- precursorSomething that comes first
- transitionChange from one state
- commercializationProfit-driven market introduction
privatization · World Wide Web · evolution · foundation · milestone
First to explore territory
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- groundbreakingIntroducing radical new ideas
- revolutionarySeeking fundamental systemic change
- firstPosition number one
experimental · prototype · proof-of-concept · visionary · advancement · transformation
Points of connection
- linksThings that connect
- hostOne receiving guests
- terminalAt the endpoint
- connectionA joining or relation
distributed · decentralization · redundancy · routing · interconnection · site · dial-up
RAND
American policy research institution
- SRIAmerican scientific research nonprofit
- UCLAWestwood public university
- StanfordCalifornia private research university
MIT · Cold War · defense · research · time-sharing · computer science · funding · 1969 · government · military
IMP
Network hardware acronym
- TCP/IPInternet's core protocol suite
- protocolPrescribed conduct rules
- routerPacket-forwarding network device
gateway · modem · node · topology · bandwidth · latency · backbone · telnet · FTP · email
TCP/IP
Internet's core protocol suite
- CycladesCircular Greek island group
- precursorSomething that comes first
- transitionChange from one state
commercialization · privatization · World Wide Web · evolution · foundation · milestone
pioneering
First to explore territory
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- groundbreakingIntroducing radical new ideas
- revolutionarySeeking fundamental systemic change
first · experimental · prototype · proof-of-concept · visionary · advancement · transformation
nodes
Points of connection
connection · distributed · decentralization · redundancy · routing · interconnection · site · dial-up
- networksMAN, PAN, cloud computing, router, Wi-Fi
- telecommunicationscell phone, cellphone, signals, telephone calls, antennas
- American InnovationEdison, Thomas Edison, Bell Labs, Silicon Valley, Wright brothers
- MegaprojectsPanama Canal, Hoover Dam, Three Gorges Dam, Channel Tunnel, International Space Station
- Computing HistoryENIAC, UNIVAC, mainframe, mainframes, punch card
- 1969Apollo 11, moon landing, Woodstock, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin