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The Digital Past II
May 23, 2013 | 1 Comment
The readings/video for this class discussed the history of the Internet and the obstacles faced by those trying to be progressive with computer technology. Timesharing was explained and established as the first concept to suggest that one computer could share it’s power with multiple computers. DARPA created a network to accelerate knowledge transfer with other computers.
DARPA became he Arpanet leading to the creation of the networks:
- RAND
- NPL
- CYCLADES
These represented the:
- scientific
- commercial
- military
networks of the Internet.
DARPA is currently involved in building real life military robots in hopes of keeping U.S. soldiers out of physical warfare and enabling them to access knowledge of foreign areas that they would otherwise be unable to.
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