Editing ARPANET (section)

== Legacy ==
[[File:ARPANET and related projects - DARPA Technical Accomplishments An Historical Review of DARPA Projects, IDA Paper P-2192, 1990.jpg|thumb|right|ARPANET and related projects. Figure from 1990.<ref>{{cite book |chapter=XX. ARPANET |url=https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a239925.pdf |title=DARPA Technical Accomplishments: An Historical Review of DARPA Projects |volume=1 |editor1=Sidney G. Reed |editor2=Richard H. Van Atta |editor3=Seymore J. Deitchman |id=IDA Paper P-2192 |date=1990}} This particular figure was published in 1989 or earlier.</ref>]]

The technological advancements and practical applications achieved through the ARPANET were instrumental in shaping modern computer networking including the [[Internet]]. Development and implementation of the concepts of packet switching, decentralized networks, and communication protocols, notably TCP/IP, laid the foundation for a global network that revolutionized communication, information sharing and collaborative research across the world.<ref name="G. Schneider, J. Evans, K. Pinard">{{cite book |author1=G. Schneider |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YHwQ9WpvHfEC&pg=PA6 |title=The Internet – Illustrated |author2=J. Evans |author3=K. Pinard |date=2009 |publisher=[[Cengage Learning]] |isbn=978-0-538-75098-1 |access-date=15 August 2015}}</ref>

The ARPANET was related to many other research projects, which either influenced the ARPANET design, were ancillary projects, or spun out of the ARPANET.

Senator [[Al Gore]] authored the [[High Performance Computing and Communication Act of 1991]], commonly referred to as "The Gore Bill", after hearing the 1988 concept for a National Research Network submitted to Congress by a group chaired by [[Leonard Kleinrock]]. The bill was passed on 9 December 1991 and led to the [[National Information Infrastructure]] (NII) which Gore called the ''[[information superhighway]]''.

The ARPANET project was honored with two [[List of IEEE milestones|IEEE Milestones]], both dedicated in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|title=Milestones:Birthplace of the Internet, 1969|url=https://ethw.org/Milestones:Birthplace_of_the_Internet,_1969|access-date=28 January 2024|website=Engineering and Technology History Wiki|date=28 November 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Milestones:Inception of the ARPANET, 1969|url=https://ethw.org/Milestones:Inception_of_the_ARPANET,_1969|access-date=28 January 2024|website=Engineering and Technology History Wiki|date=20 November 2023 }}</ref>