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tags: [fleeting, computer-history, ARPA]
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created: Monday, October 14, 2024
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# 861cc26e_ARPA_origins
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After Sputnik, Eisenhower wanted a dedicated, cross-departmental division within
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the US government to focus on advanced technological research so that they would
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not be caught out again. ARPA was the result.
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Originally under the control of the Department of Defence (Pentagon).
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Once projects reached maturity, they would be handed over to the armed forces.
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It's name switched back and forth between ARPA/DARPA depending on congressional
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factors and funding. The switch to DARPA (and the associated re-focusing on
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military applications) indirectly precipitated a brain-drain in the late 1970s
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which contributed to the birth of the personal computer around the same time.
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Main technologies it contributed to or invented include the #ARPANET,
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time-sharing and GPS systems.
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