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 +**U.S. Department of Defense - Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency -** 
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 +The Soviet Union had launched an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), the world'​s first satellite, Sputnik 1. Created with a national sense of urgency in February 1958, U.S. leadership created DARPA, initially with the shorter name (at first without the D for “Defense”) Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA). The ARPANET was the network that became the basis for the Internet.
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 +**Reference Desk:**
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 +Interface Message Processor IMP Development Team, Internet History ​
 +http://​www.livinginternet.com/​i/​ii_imp.htm
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 +DARPA - Official Site  http://​www.darpa.mil/​
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 +ARPANET and the Origins of the Internet
 +http://​www.darpa.mil/​about-us/​timeline/​arpanet
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 +Why the Arpanet Was Built by S.J. Lukasik
 +http://​www.researchgate.net/​publication/​224124916_Why_the_Arpanet_Was_Built
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 +RAND is the first organization to be called a "think tank." ​ http://​www.rand.org/​about/​
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 +**Geek History pages:**
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 +[[http://​geekhistory.com/​content/​when-was-internet-invented-and-who-invented-internet | When was internet invented and who invented the internet ]]
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 +[[http://​geekhistory.com/​content/​why-was-internet-created-1957-sputnik-launches-arpa | Why was the internet created: 1957 Sputnik launches ARPA ]]  ​
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 +[[http://​geekhistory.com/​content/​when-was-internet-invented-jcr-licklider-guides-1960s-arpa-vision | When was internet invented: J.C.R. Licklider guides 1960s ARPA Vision]]
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