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The basis of the academic research for the ARPANET started with [[Paul Baran]], a researcher from [[ Research and Development|RAND]], Inc. and one of the fathers of Internet. In 1962, Baran suggested to "design a more robust communications network using '''redundancy''' and '''digital''' technology." His idea was dismissed by many however, Baran continued to work on developing his idea with colleagues at RAND. He envisage a distributed communications wherein a network of unmanned nodes will serve as switches that will route information from one node to another until it reaches its final destination.  He later developed [[packet switching]], a method of dividing information into "message blocks"  before sending them out to a network. Each message block will be sent separately and will rejoined as a whole when reaching the final destination.<ref>[http://icannwiki.com/index.php?title=ARPANET&action=edit&section=1 Paul Baran and the Origins of the Internet]</ref>

The basis of the academic research for the ARPANET started with [[Paul Baran]], a researcher from [[ Research and Development|RAND]], Inc. and one of the fathers of Internet. In 1962, Baran suggested to "design a more robust communications network using '''redundancy''' and '''digital''' technology." His idea was dismissed by many however, Baran continued to work on developing his idea with colleagues at RAND. He envisage a distributed communications wherein a network of unmanned nodes will serve as switches that will route information from one node to another until it reaches its final destination.  He later developed [[packet switching]], a method of dividing information into "message blocks"  before sending them out to a network. Each message block will be sent separately and will rejoined as a whole when reaching the final destination.<ref>[http://icannwiki.com/index.php?title=ARPANET&action=edit&section=1 Paul Baran and the Origins of the Internet]</ref>

==DARPA hired J.C.R. Licklider to Lead IPTO==

===DARPA hired J.C.R. Licklider to Lead IPTO===

During the same year, DARPA commissioned Dr. [[Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider|J.C.R. Licklider]] from [[BBN|Bolt, Beranek and Newman]] to lead  the [[IPTO| Information Processing Techniques Office]] which was mandated to further develop the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) program and build a first wide are computer networks for the cross country radar defense system interconnecting the three major Defense sites of the United States with the capability to survive a nuclear attack.

During the same year, DARPA commissioned Dr. [[Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider|J.C.R. Licklider]] from [[BBN|Bolt, Beranek and Newman]] to lead  the [[IPTO| Information Processing Techniques Office]] which was mandated to further develop the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) program and build a first wide are computer networks for the cross country radar defense system interconnecting the three major Defense sites of the United States with the capability to survive a nuclear attack.