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ARPANET

early packet switching network (1969–1990)
Thing computer_network Q177524
ARPANET

Facts

7 properties
Instance of
computer network, decentralized computing, communication protocol[2][3]
Based on
ARPANET Reference Model[7]
Commissioned by
National Museum of the United States Air Force[4]
Developer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology[8]
Named after
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, computer network[5][6]
Time of discovery or invention
1969[9]
Uses
ARPANET Reference Model[10]
🏷️ Also known as
ar أربانت ar الأربانت ar شبكة وكالة مشاريع البحوث المتطورة da Arpanet da DARPANet es Network Control Program fa آرپانت fi MILNET he ארפאנט he ארפנט hi अरपानेट ja アーパネット ja アルパネット ko 아파넷 ko 알파넷 ko 아르파넷 ko 현대연구계획국 ko 현대연구계획국망 uk Арпанет vi Arpnet
🔖 Identifiers · 32
VIAF cluster ID
143870950
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85007410
GND ID
7680810-5
BBC Things ID
90c9959b-cbf8-4cc0-b425-9b33e28d3817
ComputerLanguage.com definition
ARPAnet
De Agostini ID
ARPANET
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Advanced-Research-Projects-Agency-Network
FAST ID
794081
Freebase ID
/m/01lk6z
GSSO ID
000188
Golden ID
ARPANET-AK6D4
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
advanced-research-projects-agency-network
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Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0262165
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
ARPANET
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
arpanet-553030
ICANNWiki page ID
ARPANET
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
arpa-computer-network
Lex ID
ARPANET
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2780159150
MobyGames attribute ID
2561
Museum-digital tag ID
32575
NE.se ID
arpanet
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007294980805171
Open Library subject ID
arpanet_(computer_network), arpanet_(computer_network).
Quora topic ID
ARPANET
ScienceDirect topic ID
computer-science/arpanet
Topic's main category
Category:ARPANET
Treccani ID
arpanet
WikiKids ID
ARPANET
Word in DPEJ of RAE ID
arpanet
Yale LUX ID
concept/47ca07a1-81d0-4e52-aaac-15f4f8f8663e
Yle topic ID
18-336278

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Summary

ARPANET is a computer network[1].

Body

Origins

Things named after include Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency[5], an United States federal agency[11], in United States[12], founded in 1958[13], headquartered in Arlington County[14] and computer network[6], in South Korea[15].

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  1. [11] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · Olea · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    JSTOR topic ID (archived) → arpa-computer-network
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ JSTOR topic ID (archived): arpa-computer-network, Matched to #mix'n'match [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/19045367|ARPA computer network (#19045367)]] for {{P|3827}}"
  2. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Freebase ID → /m/01lk6z
    Time of discovery or invention → +1969-00-00T00:00:00Z
    ScienceDirect topic ID → computer-science/arpanet
    Imported from → —
    + 38 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007294980805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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