ARPANET

Definition	:	Advanced Research Projects Agency NETwork
Category	:	Computing » Internet
Country/Region	:	Worldwide
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What does ARPANET mean?

Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) is the world's first packet-switched network and is the predecessor of the Internet. It was developed in 1969 by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), now the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) of the United States Department of Defense. The ARPANET was an experimental computer network to connect universities and research centers in the United States, which later on became the basis for the Internet.