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Arpanet 1974
ARPANET network map 1974

The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) was the world's first packet switching network. It was made by the Advanced Research Projects Agency of the United States Department of Defense. It was the main network of a set that came to make up the global Internet.


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  • Arpanet in the 1970s

    ARPANET access points in the 1970s

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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: ARPANET para niños

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