The History of Terrorism
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Charles Stark Draper
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Lawrence Roberts (scientist)
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Lawrence Roberts (scientist)
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1958-1972 Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA)
Draper Prize
Internet pioneers
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
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"'They wanted to bring a cat into the lab. Lincoln would not allow them to bring a cat in. And they decided that was unfair, they would go somewhere where cats were tolerated,' he recalled,...
"But Roberts had no such problem."
"Finally, in July 1968, Roberts put out a contract request to over a hundred computer companies and military contractors."
"He thrived at Lincoln Lab, working on moon-shot algorithms, image compression, and data network design. He knew Lick and was inspired by his vision of a universal network that could net all sorts of systems together. Indeed, Roberts was an efficient...
"He was obsessed with efficiency and was really into speed reading, studying and improving his technique to the point where he could read thirty thousand words a minute."
"Over time, the group came up with a design: key to the network would be what Roberts called interface message processors, or IMPs. These were dedicated computers that would form the connective tissue of the distributed network."
"Roberts came from the MIT Lincoln Laboratory, where he had been working on graphics and computer communication systems."
1963-? ARPA's Great Intergalactic Network
1966 "Everything was in place. ARPA had a range of functional overlapping interactive computer projects spread across the country, including at the following centers: ...
1966 "Lawrence Roberts was twenty-nine years old when he reported to duty at ARPA's Command and Control Research division inside the Pentagon."
1966 "The year was 1966, and he was hired for a big and important job: to make Lick's Great Intergalactic Network a reality."
1969-? ARPANET "The Network"
Interface Message Processor (IMPs)