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[06] WHAT IS THE ARPANET AND INTERNETWORKING?
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An internet describes just what it sounds like, an INTERconnected
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NETwork of networks. The word itself is an adjective. There is
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no INTERNET as an entity to speak of. What mass media calls "The
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INTERNET" was actually started in the late 1960's by the U.S. Defense
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Dept. Advanced Research Project Agency or DARPA. There is a great
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history surrounding the concept of internetworking and the initial 36bit
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computing systems involved that is sadly over looked these days.
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Here is what could be said about internetworking today:
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The concept of Internetworking allows us to realise an all-encompassing
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global network that links together hundreds, even thousands of privately
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owned networks. Through this shared resource of private networks, it is
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possible to send data across the network in the matter of seconds.
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Branching off from these networks are slower dedicated lines, packet
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switching, DIALNET and UUCP sites.
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