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The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) was a branch of the United State's military. It used the packet-switching method to transmit information between various 'nodes' across the country. It is considered to be a technical predecessor to the Internet. It was the first network to use TCP/IP, developed for [[Vint Cerf]] and [[Robert Kahn]].
 
The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) was a branch of the United State's military. It used the packet-switching method to transmit information between various 'nodes' across the country. It is considered to be a technical predecessor to the Internet. It was the first network to use TCP/IP, developed for [[Vint Cerf]] and [[Robert Kahn]].
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The nodes were delegated one by one to different campuses located in the 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">http://www.livinginternet.com/i/ii_arpanet.htm. Michael Hauben. Retrieved 26 Mar 2015.</ref>
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The nodes were delegated individually 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">http://www.livinginternet.com/i/ii_arpanet.htm. Michael Hauben. Retrieved 26 Mar 2015</ref> to Kleinrock at UCLA.
 
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'''ARPANET Nodes'''
 
*Network Measurement Center at UCLA, led by Kleinrock
 
*Network Measurement Center at UCLA, led by Kleinrock
 
*Stanford Research Institute (SRI), led by Doug Engelbert
 
*Stanford Research Institute (SRI), led by Doug Engelbert