Nodes were delegated to different campuses located in Western and Northeastern United States. This process began in 1969 when [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBN_Technologies BBN], a research and development firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, delivered the first Interface Message Processor, or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interface_Message_Processor IMP]<ref name="Living Internet">Michael Hauben. [http://www.livinginternet.com/i/ii_arpanet.htm ARPANET]. Retrieved 26 Mar 2015.</ref> to Kleinrock at UCLA. Here, graduate students [[Vinton Cerf]], [[Steve Crocker]], [[Bill Naylor]], [[Jon Postel]] and [[Mike Wingfield]] connected their node via hardware with the IMP. The work was a success and messages between the two machines passed without interference thereafter. | Nodes were delegated to different campuses located in Western and Northeastern United States. This process began in 1969 when [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBN_Technologies BBN], a research and development firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, delivered the first Interface Message Processor, or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interface_Message_Processor IMP]<ref name="Living Internet">Michael Hauben. [http://www.livinginternet.com/i/ii_arpanet.htm ARPANET]. Retrieved 26 Mar 2015.</ref> to Kleinrock at UCLA. Here, graduate students [[Vinton Cerf]], [[Steve Crocker]], [[Bill Naylor]], [[Jon Postel]] and [[Mike Wingfield]] connected their node via hardware with the IMP. The work was a success and messages between the two machines passed without interference thereafter. |