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A History of the ARPANet

DARPA and BBN, 'A History of the ARPANET: The First Decade' →

May 12, 2015 by Marc Handelman in All is Information, ARPAnet, Governance, Government, DARPA, Internet, Internet Antiquities, Internet Governance, History of the Internet

Bolt Beranek and Newman (BBN) Report #4799 Document entitled 'A History of the ARPANET: The First Decade'. First published in 1981, and detailing early ARPANET engineering, via the March 2015 'The Internet Protocol Journal' (Volume 18, Number 1). Download IPJ back issues and find subscription information at Internet Prorocol Journal.

May 12, 2015 /Marc Handelman
All is Information, ARPAnet, Governance, Government, DARPA, Internet, Internet Antiquities, Internet Governance, History of the Internet

Yesterday's Gestation →

October 30, 2014 by Marc Handelman in All is Information, IANA, ICANN, IETF, Science, ARPAnet, Internet, Packet-Switching, Networks

via Paleofuture's Matt Novak. The inception date of our beloved interweb is generally assumed to be the date of the first electronic message transmitted via the packet switched network, that was to become the ARPANET, and at that time managed by BBN.

October 30, 2014 /Marc Handelman
All is Information, IANA, ICANN, IETF, Science, ARPAnet, Internet, Packet-Switching, Networks