muru@iris.brown.edu (07/23/90)
What is the exact difference between Arpanet and Internet? Can the two terms be used interchangeably? Thanks. muru
kseshadr@quasar.intel.com (Kishore Seshadri) (07/26/90)
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 =============================================================================== Kishore Seshadri (Speaking for myself) Intel Corp., Santa Clara, CA CSNET: kseshadr@mipos3.intel.com ARPA: kseshadr%mipos3.intel.com@relay.cs.net UUCP:{amdcad,decwrl,hplabs,oliveb,pur-ee,qantel}!intelca!mipos3!kseshadr
bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield) (07/26/90)
In article <2581@inews.intel.com> kseshadr@quasar.intel.com (Kishore Seshadri) writes:
ARPANET is mostly phased out.
Its last components were dismantled late this spring. A wake was held
at Usenix.