ARPAnet - the team behind the internet

You may know that the Internet was, in fact, created in Arlington in the 1970s. The technology was developed by the Defense Department's Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), now known as DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency).

The ARPANET, a project of the Advanced Research Projects Agency of the Department of Defense, developed the technology that became the foundation for the internet. Originally intended to support military needs, ARPANET technology was soon applied to civilian uses, allowing information to be rapidly and widely available. The internet, and services such as e-mail, e-commerce and the World Wide Web, continues to grow as the under-lying technologies evolve. The innovations inspired by the ARPANET have provided great benefits for society.

Special Thanks to:
Steve Lukasik
Charles Herzfeld
Robert Kahn
Steve Crocker
Potomac Institute of Policy Studies
Corporation of National Research Initiatives
Shinkuro Inc.


photos provided by:
Charles Herzfeld
DV Archive
Marcin Wichary
Joi Ito
Steve Jurveston
National Archives
creative commons
public domain

[btterman]

I was an early adapter or ARPANET. I was a college student at Vassar back in the early 80's. I used the "computer center" there to write my papers. We were connected to the network. So I'd be writing a paper and would get interrupted by text from users in the other universities with texts from who knows where. I'll never forget a text convo I had with someone in Alaska. It was so cool. It was obvious what this all meant.

[joejee]

Great Thanks to this team of people:)

[hugomiranda]

I've always have been a fan of the relationship between the military and science.

[MFXdump]

Which one of these guys was Al Gore? I missed him in the video.

[hubzcaps]

kickass there was a moment where bell came in for a live demo over the network full utalization and graphics and all and all of a sudden one of the remote node IMPS blew the guy stated to the engineer the internet will never be a thing... never give up and geek it till it

[hermozart]

One of the more interesting instructors at San Francisco's University, a member of ARPANET.

[Spacemuffin]

How to control the world. Those cables under the sea are no joke.

[muhammadshahzadomarbhatti]

good sir. gujranwala. punjab. pakistan

[robertscott]

yeah lerned about it in IT class and i beleve the one reson to go public is to keep track of the poeople. and ii beleve they are still working.. in my opinion

[catarinobernardojoao]

If someone is monitoring my phone... Says tank you to ARPA net... But don't use the internet as the last alternative ...you can do use your mouth to express your emotion and felling

[denverdanoreno]

The next big jump will be transporting cellular proteins and other organic molecules .

[pauliewalnuts]

I find it cute British people think they invented the internet because of one protocol 😂😂😂

[marcellnakapa]

orang awam komputer jangan yang luar biasa

[AonnrecordsBlogspot]

Seattle thinks Seattle is real cool ... and only wishes ... only dreams .... that it ... Seattle created the Internet. Sorry. Not