| * UCLA grad student [[Jon Postel]] proposes that a "numbers czar" be appointed to keep a record of addresses on the [[ARPANET]] and guard against address collisions. The research community agrees and elects Postel to the position of internet numbers coordinator (eventually to become known as the [[Internet Assigned Numbers Authority]]).<ref name="isoctl">[https://www.internetsociety.org/ianatimeline/ Internet Society - IANA Timeline]</ref> Ultimately, the [[ARPANET]] was a product of [[DARPA]], the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. MIT, the University of Southern California, UCLA, and the Stanford Research Institute, under contract with DARPA, were all instrumental in the development of technologies that are still used today in the modern Internet.<ref>[https://www.livescience.com/20727-internet-history.html LiveScience.com - ARPANET to the World Wide Web], published June 2017</ref> [[Jon Postel]], [[Vint Cerf]], [[Steve Crocker]], and other Internet pioneers were first connected with ARPANET projects and innovations. | | * UCLA grad student [[Jon Postel]] proposes that a "numbers czar" be appointed to keep a record of addresses on the [[ARPANET]] and guard against address collisions. The research community agrees and elects Postel to the position of internet numbers coordinator (eventually to become known as the [[Internet Assigned Numbers Authority]]).<ref name="isoctl">[https://www.internetsociety.org/ianatimeline/ Internet Society - IANA Timeline]</ref> Ultimately, the [[ARPANET]] was a product of [[DARPA]], the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. MIT, the University of Southern California, UCLA, and the Stanford Research Institute, under contract with DARPA, were all instrumental in the development of technologies that are still used today in the modern Internet.<ref>[https://www.livescience.com/20727-internet-history.html LiveScience.com - ARPANET to the World Wide Web], published June 2017</ref> [[Jon Postel]], [[Vint Cerf]], [[Steve Crocker]], and other Internet pioneers were first connected with ARPANET projects and innovations. |
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| * RFC 1083 - Internet Activities Board Official Protocol Standards (first mention of the [[Internet Assigned Numbers Authority]] (IANA) in the RFC Index)<ref>[https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1083.html RFC 1083 - IAB Official Protocol Standards], December 1988</ref> | | * RFC 1083 - Internet Activities Board Official Protocol Standards (first mention of the [[Internet Assigned Numbers Authority]] (IANA) in the RFC Index)<ref>[https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1083.html RFC 1083 - IAB Official Protocol Standards], December 1988</ref> |