Before the Internet : Vol 2; Author: Bolt; Author: Beranek; Author: Newman; Hardback; Book

Author: Bolt; Author: Beranek; Author: Newman
Hardback; Book
225 pages
Published: November 1996
Peer to Peer
ISBN: 1573980145
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Bolt Beranek & Newman received a contract from the U.S. Defense Department in 1968 to build the ARPANET, the first-ever heterogeneous network. Here, for the first time in print, are the four 1969 BBN technical reports that describe the year-long construction and development of the ARPANET. This volume also includes a retrospective essay by Dave Walden, ARPANET team member and former VP of BBN.The Arpanet was the forerunner to today's Internet. This volume presents the four 1969 BBN technical reports that describe the year-long construction and development of the ARPANET, from project commencement to the connection of the first imp processor.