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Before the Internet : Vol 1. Planning the ARPAnet

Author: Taylor, Robert
Hardback; Book
224 pages
Published: October 1996
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ISBN: 1573980080
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In 1966, IBM mainframes could only connect to other IBM mainframes and General Electric machines to General Electric machines, etc. The U.S. Defense Department, through its ARPA, office wanted a 'heterogeneous' network that could connect IBM, GE, and all the other brands together. This text covers the creation of the ARPANET, the Internet's predecessor.Telling the story of the origins of the Internet, this work describes how the ARPA office of the US Defense Department wanted a heterogeneous network that could connect different brands of machines together.

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