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* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vBXEHEClcD9XLqueVyVf831LOlqn0hrJ/view Host-to-Host Protocol] (early version [http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc714.txt here])
 
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vBXEHEClcD9XLqueVyVf831LOlqn0hrJ/view Host-to-Host Protocol] (early version [http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc714.txt here])
  
These two latter protocols formed the [[Network Control Program]], which all the [[application]] [[protocol]]s ran over.
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These two latter protocols formed the [[Network Control Program (ARPANET)|Network Control Program]], which all the [[application]] [[protocol]]s ran over.
  
 
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Revision as of 22:33, 4 June 2022

The ARPANET was the first packet-based wide-area network; so named because it was initiated, and initially funded, by ARPA.

It consisted of minicomputers called Interface Message Processors ('IMPs', for short) running specialized packet switching code, joined together with synchronous serial lines; host computers were connected to the IMPs by special bit-serial 1822 interfaces.

Later on, customized IMP variants called Terminal Interface Processors ('TIPs', for short) were added to the ARPANET; these provided groups of serial lines to which could be attached terminals, which allowed users at the terminals access to the hosts attached to the ARPANET.

Protocols

The protocol family used on the early ARPANET included:

These two latter protocols formed the Network Control Program, which all the application protocols ran over.

Those included:

See also

Further reading

External links