Person
Larry Roberts
American computer scientist who led the building of the ARPANET at ARPA.
- Dates
- 1937–2018
- Also known as
- Lawrence G. Roberts, Larry G. Roberts
Connections 1
developed
Timeline 1 date
- 1937–2018 Larry Roberts
Proof 2 sources
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Oral history interview with Paul Baran, OH 182, by Judy O'Neill, 5 March 1990, Menlo Park (transcript; Baran reviewed and added footnotes), Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, 5 Mar 1990.
Primary record
Hey fellas, I didn't do the ARPANET. That was Larry Roberts.
Larry Roberts described his primary motivation for building the ARPANET as resource sharing -- which it clearly was.
In speaking to Larry, I think it fair to say that Larry had seen the reports, but probably Bob Kahn did not.
On Tuesday, 28 February 1967 I find a notation on my calendar for 12:00 noon Dr. L. Roberts.
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Paul Baran and the Origins of the Internet, RAND Corporation, 22 Mar 2018.
Primary record
it was intended for scientists and researchers who wanted to share computers remotely.
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