DocumentCode
1442427
Title
Why the Arpanet Was Built
Author
Lukasik, Stephen J.
Author_Institution
Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Volume
33
Issue
3
fYear
2011
fDate
3/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
4
Lastpage
21
Abstract
The who, what, when, and how of the Arpanet is usually told in heroic terms-Licklider´s vision, the fervor of his disciples, the dedication of computer scientists and engineers, the work of graduate students, and so forth. Told by one of the key actors in this salient part of US and Internet history, this article addresses why the Arpanet was built.
Keywords
Internet; packet switching; Advanced Research Projects Agency Network; Arpanet; Internet history; US; ARPANET; Command and control systems; Communication systems; Computer vision; Military aircraft; Military computing; Nuclear weapons; Research and development; ARPA; ARPANET; Department of Defense; Internet; collaborative computing; history of computing; networking;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1058-6180
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MAHC.2010.11
Filename
5432117
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