networking (ARPANET) A pioneering longhaul
wide area network funded by
DARPA (when it was still called "ARPA"?). It became operational in 1968 and served as the basis for early networking research, as well as a central
backbone during the development of the
Internet. The ARPANET consisted of individual
packet switching computers interconnected by leased lines.
Protocols used include
FTP and
telnet. It has now been replaced by
NSFnet.
[1968 or 1969?]
(1994-11-17)