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ARPANET, an acronym for Advanced Research Projects Agency Network, was the precursor to the modern internet. Developed in the late 1960s, it was a packet-switching network designed to facilitate communication between computers at different locations. The project was initiated by the U.S. Department of Defense's Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) to create a robust and resilient communication system that could withstand a nuclear attack.

The first ARPANET message was sent on October 29, 1969, between a computer at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) in Menlo Park, California. This event is often referred to as the birth of the internet. The network grew rapidly, connecting universities, research institutions, and government agencies across the United States.

ARPANET used a protocol called Network Control Protocol (NCP) for communication between nodes. In 1983, the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) suite was introduced, which became the standard for internet communication. This protocol suite allowed different types of networks to communicate with each other, leading to the growth of the internet as we know it today.

The ARPANET project was officially retired on February 1, 1990, but its legacy lives on in the global internet. The ARPANET's development laid the groundwork for modern networking technologies and the interconnected world we live in today.