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From: kseshadr@quasar.intel.com (Kishore Seshadri)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Difference between Arpanet and Internet
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Date: 25 Jul 90 17:04:07 GMT
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In-reply-to: muru@iris.brown.edu

In article <45527@brunix.UUCP>, muru@iris writes:
>What is the exact difference between Arpanet and Internet? Can the two terms
>be used interchangeably?
>
The ARPANET was a sort of precursor to the Internet  set up in 1968 as a 
DARPA experiment. The Internet is a meta-network- an internetwork of
many networks running TCP/IP. Some of its major constituents are NSFNET,
MILNET and CSNET (partly). ARPANET is mostly phased out. The capital I
in "Internet" is important because "internet" just refers to an internetwork
as opposed to THE Internet. 

Look at Quarterman's "The Matrix" for more info.

Kishore
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