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ARPANET   (är'pə-nět)  Pronunciation Key 
A computer network developed by the Advanced Research Project Agency (now the Defense Advance Research Projects Agency) in the 1960s and 1970s as a means of communication between research laboratories and universities. ARPANET was the predecessor to the Internet.

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Arpanet

An acronym for Advanced Research Project Agency Network. An early communications network developed by the Department of Defense in the late 1960s. It connected high-tech research institutions and the military.

Note: Creating a communications system that could survive a nuclear war was a major impetus behind the development of this system.
Note: Arpanet is often spoken of as a precursor of the Internet.

[Chapter:] Technology


The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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ARPANET
Advanced Research Projects Agency Network

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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ARPANET
Advanced Research Projects Agency Network

The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
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