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That depends on what you mean by traditional computer networking. If you mean the internet, then there is no difference. ARPANET was the first operational packet-switching network and remains the core principal behind the Internet. Without ARPANET, the Internet as we know it simply wouldn't exist.
Prior to packet-switching, communications between computers used circuit switching. This can be likened to you making an end-to-end telephone call. Unless both ends have multiple lines available, this means no one can call you, no one else can call the receiver and neither of you can call anyone else until you (the initiator) break the connection. While this may well work for small scale networks, imagine if that were how the Internet worked. Now imagine how many dedicated lines a DNS would require in order to deal with a billion DNS queries every second.
Packet-switching is more like posting a letter (a datagram, in fact). The routers between the two end points act as the postal service, passing the datagram from one to another, stamping their marks upon the datagram as they go. Just as the postal service can lose the odd letter here and there, packets can also expire and die if they take too long to reach their destination; each router decrements the TTL (time-to-live) value until it reaches zero, at which point the datagram dies. And just as you can send multiple letters to multiple addresses at the same time, so you can send multiple datagrams to multiple servers at the same time (albeit sequentially at a rapid rate).
In essence, packet-switching allows both ends to remain permanently connected over a single line, but there is no dedicated end-to-end connection. There's just an endless flood of datagrams moving from one end to the other via any number of routers, and not necessarily the same routers. The routers work together, intelligently, to ensure every computer on the Internet can reach every other computer on the Internet, one way or another (firewalls permitting of course).
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What are the difference between Arpanet and internet?
ARPANET is the computer network developed by the U.S. Department of Defense in 1969 from which the Internetoriginated.
What was the name of the network that resulted from the internet invention project?
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The arpanet 's development began in 1966 it was an experiment to connect universities to share information what do we call this today?
Today, the Arpanet is called "Internet".Today, the Arpanet is called "Internet".Today, the Arpanet is called "Internet".Today, the Arpanet is called "Internet".
Was the original name for the internet arpanet?
yea ARPAnet
What is ARPANET called today?
Which system of comunication developed from ARPANET?
The Internet is the system of communication that developed from ARPANET. The internet is its civilian counterpart.
What is the granddaddy of the Internet?
arpanet
What was the earliest name of internet?
arpanet
What has its origins in the US Defence Department's ARPANET?
The Internet as we know it today is based on Arpanet.
What do you call the ARPANET?
ARPANET was original name of the computer network that eventually morphed into the Internet.
What do we call arpanet?
The internet Early research on the internet was supported by the U.S. military. ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network)
Is ARPAnet the precursor to today's Internet?
Yes ARPANET is the predecessor to our Internet today. What we all are able to use was first done as ARPANET. It was made by american defense and research team to transfer messages.
