Vocabulary readiness for Unit 1

ARPANET was the precursor to the Internet.

ARPANET was the first transcontinental backbone network in the Internet.

Planning in America focused on a sophisticated three stage rocket.

The effect in the United States was electrifying.

Its mission was to apply state-of-the-art technology to U.S. defense.

It was also given interim control.

Licklider had just published his first memorandum.

A futuristic vision where computers would be networked together.

It would be more difficult to eavesdrop or listen.

The fledgling network had come into being.

This stimulated further research.

Merging the two host computers into one, for the duration of the link.

One crucial concept was that the system should have an ‘open architecture.’

Within each network, there would be a ‘gateway,’ which would link it to the outside world.

It also removed a possible means of censorship and control.

The gateways between networks would route the traffic without discrimination.

The system was designed with the expectation that it would work through [other] networks.

Computer networking developed apace.

The world was still fairly chaotic.

[There was] a plethora of competing techniques and protocols.