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The Advanced Research Projects Agency, ARPA, was founded in early 1958 to make up ground lost to the Soviet technology advances that allowed the launch of Sputnik.

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What does ARPA stand for?

ARP stands for Address Resolution Protocol, a network layer protocol used to convert an IP address into a physical address, such as an Ethernet address. A host wishing to obtain a physical address broadcasts an ARP request onto the TCP/IP network. The host on the network that has the IP address in the request then replies with its physical hardware address.


What is arpa encapsulation?

ARPA is an acronym that means Advanced Research Projects Agency. This is a term used by Cisco making reference to the Ethernet.


Who founded arpa net?

ARPANET was developed by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) of the U.S. Department of Defense. The project was initiated in the late 1960s, with key figures like Dr. J.C.R. Licklider, who envisioned a network of computers, and Robert Taylor, who played a crucial role in its development and funding. The first successful message was sent over ARPANET in 1969, marking the beginning of what would evolve into the modern Internet.


What did ARPA fund in 1969?

In 1969, ARPA funded the creation of the ARPANET. The ARPANET was the precursor to today's internet and was initially connected Stanford, University of California's campuses, and the University of Utah.


The ARPA network which eventally became the Internet linked four sites Where were they?

The four sites in the ARPA network were in UCLA, Stanford Research Institute's Augmentation Research Center, UC Santa Barbara, and the University of Utah's Computer Science Department. The four sites in the ARPA network were in UCLA, Stanford Research Institute's Augmentation Research Center, UC Santa Barbara, and the University of Utah's Computer Science Department.