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Title: @lukasikWhyArpanetWas2011 date: 2023-04-05 type: reference project:

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Reference

Lukasik, S. 2011 Why the Arpanet Was Built. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing 33(3): 4–21. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/MAHC.2010.11.

Summary & Key Take Aways

In Why the Arpanet Was Built(2011), Stephen goes over the creation of ARPANET, and it's major role in the creation of the early internet and goes in depth on the key moments throughout its existence. To build this article, Stephen goes through these moments through the eyes of Licklider, one of the key people involved with ARPANET. He does this in order to show just how important ARPANET was to the early internet.

Stephen Also goes through many key phases of ARPANET, such as The Cold War and the need of updated military technology to go against the Soviet Union. The early development of ARPA was another key point, as well as the turning point to where ARPA became a practical system. Finally, the later developments that focused the uses for ARPA's technology.

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