acronym from Advanced Research Projects Agency Network, set up in 1969 by a branch of the U.S. Department of Defense in partnership with four universities; acknowledged as "the world's first operational packet switching network" and predecessor of the Internet.
双语例句
1. The first - ever computer - to - computer link is established on ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet.
1969年的今天,首次计算机对计算机的联接通过当今互联网的前身——ARPANET建立.
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2. In 1969, U . S Defense Department setup a computer network named ARPANET for the military purpose.
