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The story of ARPANET

Packet-switched computer network funded by ARPA from 1969; a forerunner of the internet.

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1969–1990

ARPANET. Packet-switched computer network funded by ARPA from 1969; a forerunner of the internet.

1969

DARPA developed the ARPANET.

The ARPANET followed from packet switching.

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