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Arpanet
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Arpanet
The first digital network that utilized packet switching, which is the transmission of data, regardless of content, in manageable chunks called packets. This was a revolutionary technology and ultimately led to the creation of the modern Internet. It was developed in the 1960s by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.


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The scientists hired to construct DARPAnet inadvertently created a system that also made a very useful platform for civilian communication.
Gore's tireless promotion of the information revolution accelerated the pace of development of Darpanet into the Internet.
Today's internet was parented by the DARPAnet project.
 
 
 
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