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The Internet

The Internet has become 40 years this week with its beginnings occurring at 9pm on October 29th, 1969.  That day, engineers at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and Stanford Research Institute (SRI) of nearly 400 miles away sent data during the first two nodes. At that time, the Internet was called Arpanet, after the Defense Department U.S. Agency Advanced Research Projects (ARPA), who commissioned its creation.

Charlie Kline at UCLA to test the network by connecting a computer scientist at SRI Data Systems, where the project has been receiving Duvall. The system crashed at the first attempt, but was restored about an hour and a half later.

Dr. Larry Roberts oversaw the exchange of Washington, and MIT scientist credited with the design specifications of the basic techniques of Arpanet. All material more Arpanet was based on his work.

The head of the Office of Information Processing Techniques ARPA, Bob Taylor, wanted to help Arpanet save money by eliminating duplication of equipment by each institution, funded to store the same database and search easily accessible. The institutions jumped on board when they realized the amount of computing power, which could free by accessing Arpanet.

In December of 1969, Arpanet  had four nodes and in 1972, 37. Then, the networks are interconnected, and the network of networks called the Internet was created.

The ARPANET was renamed the Internet in the late 1970s, the concept remains the same.

Dr. Roberts is now the leader of a DARPA research project to prepare for the future of the Internet. He and others are working on improving security, equitable and high quality for applications such as remote surgery.