databases
Data computer
datagrams
data-reconfiguration service
Davies, Donald Watts
background and education of
pioneering work on packet-switching
by
small network experiment of
translator computer envisioned by
DCA (Defense Communications
Agency)
DDP-516 computer
BBN modifications of
core memory of
debugging of
heavy-duty steel housing of
IMP models based on, see Interface
Message Processors
I/O capability of
programming of
DECNET
Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency, see DARPA
Defense Communications Agency
(DCA)
Defense Department, U.S. (DOD)
Advanced Research Projects Agency
of, see ARPA
interservice rivalry for R&D contracts
within
Pentagon offices of
Defense Reorganization Act
Delaware, University of
Democratic Party
Denning, Peter
Depression, Great
desktop computers
Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
computers built by, see specific PDP
computers
Director of Defense Research and Engineering
Distant Early Warning (DEW)
DNS (domain name system)
Doctor, The
Domestic Android robot
Douglas, James
Drexel Institute of Technology
drug trade
Duke University
Dungeons and Dragons (D&D)
Durham, Ivor
Duvall, Bill
Earnest, Les
earthquakes
Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
ARPA and
military-industrial complex distrusted
by
military rivalries decried by
scientific community embraced by
election of 1976
electricity
circuit outages of
electromagnetism
electromechanical tabulating equipment
electronic mail (e-mail)
composing and editing messages for
early forms of
efforts to impose uniformity and
standard message headers in
equal access issues and
FINGER controversy and
header wars in
issues of free speech in
mailing lists and
Postal Service and
privacy concerns and
programs for
punctuation in
reforming of
response time and numbers in
time and date stamps in
values and etiquette in
volume of traffic in
electronic media
electronic systems components
Elkind, Jerry
emoticons
Engelbart, Douglas
engineering
computer systems
electrical
power
risk assessment and
theoretical
ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator
and Calculator)
espionage operations
Estrin, Jerry
Ethernet
Evans, Dave
Evans and Sutherland
Farber, Dave
FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
ferrite cores
Feurzeig, Wally
Fields, Craig
file-transfer protocol (FTP)
FINGER command
flames/flaming
Flint Ridge Cave
floppy disks
Forrester, Jay
FORTRAN
Fox, Mark
France
Frank, Howard
free speech
freight movers
Frick, Fred
Frodo
FTP (file-transfer protocol)
games, computer
Gates, Bill
General Electric
Geological Survey, U.S.
Gore, Al
graphics
interactive
Gulf Oil
hacking
creative vs. malicious
Harvard University
IMP Number Nine at
Psycho-Acoustic Laboratory at
Hawaii, University of
Header People
header wars
Hearn, Tony
Heart, Frank
background and education of
at BBN
computer systems engineering of
design reviews of
family life of
IMP proposal work of
at Lincoln Laboratory
perfectionism and design concerns
of
personality and work habits of
as project manager of IMP design
team
team work and loyalty of
tools and systems management
techniques of
Heart, Jane
Henderson, Austin
HERMES
Herzfeld, Charles
Hewlett-Packard
Hill, Albert
holographic images
Honeywell
BBN relations with
computers built by, see DDP-516
computer; Honeywell-316
computer
Honeywell-316 computer
hospitals, computer technology for
Hughes Aircraft
Hush-A-Phone
IBM (International Business Machines
Corporation)
computers built by
IBM cards
IBM
IBM
IBM 7094 computer
ideal auditory detection
ILLIAC IV computer
Illinois, University of
Center for Advanced Computation
at
IMP Guys
IMP-Number 0
BBN specifications for
debugging of
delivery and testing of
initial failure of
IMP Number One
BBN specifications for
problems with
rewiring and debugging of
shipping and delivery of
Sigma-7 interface with
synchronizer problems with
IMP Number Two
IMP Number Three
IMP Number Four
IMP Number Five
IMP Number Fifteen
IMPs, see Interface Message Processors
IMPs Numbers
information superhighway
Infoworld,
intercontinental ballistic missiles
Interface Message Processors (IMPs)
BBN awarded contract for
BBN design and construction of
checksum requirements for
competitive bids sought for
debugging of
error-control system of
function of
handling of I/O traffic by
hardware of
phasing out of
problems and challenges of
proposals submitted for
prototype of, see IMP Number 0
routing issues and
self-sufficiency measures of
software requirements of
status reports compiled by
telephone line transmission with
test programs and performance
checks for
verification of message reception by
International Business Machines Corporation
see IBM
International Conference on Computer
Communication (ICCC)
International Geophysical Year
International Network Working Group
(INWG)
International Organization for Standardization
(ISO)
Internet
commercial uses of
definition of
roots of, see ARPANET
Internet Engineering Task Force
Internet Protocol (IP)
Internet Society
Interop
interstate highway system
INWG (International Network Working
Group)
IP (Internet Protocol)
Johnson, Lyndon
Johnson, Roy
Joint Services Advisory Committee
(JSAC)
Joy, Bill
Justice Department, U.S.
Kahn, Bob
Cerf and
host site relations of
international network connections
and
packet-radio projects of
public computer demonstration
organized by
systems design work of
Karlton, Phil
Kennedy, Edward M.
Kennedy, John F.
assassination of
Kent State University
Khrushchev, Nikita
Killian, James R., Jr.
Kleinrock, Leonard
Kline, Charley
kludges
Korean War
Kryter, Karl
Lampson, Butler
Land, Edwin
Landweber, Larry
laser scans
Lawrence, Ernest O.
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
Levy, Steve
LGP-30 computer
libraries
Licklider, Joseph Carl Robnett “Lick,”
ARPA association of
background and education of
BBN association of
computer network vision of
computer scientists recruited by
human factors group headed by
human-machine symbiosis seen by
interdisciplinary interests of
at Lincoln Laboratory
personality of
problem solving and intuition of
psychoacoustics work of
psychology discipline of
public speaking of
standardization of languages and
systems urged by
teaching of
time-sharing projects of
Licklider, Louise
lightning storms
Lincoln Center
Lincoln Laboratory
air defense projects of
ARPA financing of
formation and staffing of
Heart at
human-engineering project at
as incubator for computer scientists
Licklider at
network connected to
network experiment at
TX-0 and TX-2 computers developed
at
Whirlwind Project at
local area networks (LANs)
Lockheed
LOGO
London
London, University of
Imperial College of
loopback tests
Lord of the Rings,The (Tolkien)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Nettos
Lukasik, Stephen
Lynch, Dan
McCarthy, John
McCulloch, Walter
McElroy, Neil “Mac,”
McGill, Bill
MacKenzie, Kevin
McKenzie, Alex
McLuhan, Marshall
McNamara, Robert S.
McQuillan, John
magnetic tape
MAIL
MAILBOX
mailing lists, network
mainframes
Mammoth Cave
“Man-Computer Symbiosis” (Licklider)
Marill, Tom
Markey, Ed
Mark I
Maryland, University of
Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT)
Acoustics Laboratory at
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at
Compatible Time-Sharing System at
computer scientists and projects at
economics department of
IMP Number Six at
Laboratory for Computer Science at
Project MAC at
Research Laboratory of Electronics
at
see also Lincoln Laboratory
master-slave communication
mathematics
MCI
MCI Mail
MEDLINE
Merrill, James
Message Services Group, see MsgGroup
Message Transmission Protocol, see
RFC 680
MESSENGER
messenger systems
Metcalfe, Bob
MH (mail program)
microchips
Microsoft
Miller Analogies Test
MILNET
minicomputers
Ministry of Defense, British
Minsky, Marvin
Mirkwood Tales
MITRE Corporation
MLFL (mail program)
MM (mail program)
Mockapetris, Paul
modems
Monsanto Chemical Company
Morse code
Mosaic browser
mouse
point and click technique with
MS (mail program)
MSG (mail program)
MsgGroup (Message Group mailing
list)
Multics
Myer, Ted
NASA (National Aeronautics and
Space Administration)
Ames Research Center of
creation of
missile programs of
network of
Office of Advanced Research and
Technology at
space projects of
National Academy of Sciences
National Bureau of Standards
National Library of Medicine
National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
British
National Public Radio
National Science Board
National Science Foundation (NSF)
National Security Agency
Navy, U.S.
NEARnet
Netscape Web browser
Network Control Center (NCC)
Network Control Protocol (NCP)
Network Information Center (NIC)
network mail, see electronic mail
network randoms
Network Working Group (NWG)
BBN input and
file-transfer protocol of
“glitch-cleaning committee” of
host-to-host protocol of
meetings and teleconferences of
protocol design philosophy of
Requests for Comments (RFCs) of
Telnet protocol of
New Frontier
Newman, Robert
Newsweek
Newton, Isaac
NewYork Times
night vision
Nixon, Richard
NLS (oNLine System)
NLS JOURNAL MAIL
noise
North American Aviation
North Carolina, University of
NSFNET
nuclear power:
ballistic missiles and
communications survivability
detecting tests of
German development of
NYSERNET (New York State Education
Research Network)
Olsen, Ken
computers developed by
On-Line Software International
oNLine System (NLS)
Open Systems Interconnection (OSI)
Ornstein, Severo
hardware effort directed by
Honeywell contracts of
synchronizer bugs papers of
oscilloscopes
OSI Reference Model
Otis Elevator
Pacific Bell
Packet Communications Incorporated
Papert, Seymour
paper tape
PARC Universal Packet (PUP)
PARRY
Partridge, Craig
passwords
PDP-1 computer
PDP-8 computer
PDP-10 computer
PDP-11 minicomputer
Pennsylvania, University of:
ENIAC project at
performing arts centers
personal computers
physics
pigeons
Pilot ACE computer
Pocket organizers
Pogran, Ken
political action groups
Postal Rate Commission
Postal Service, U.S. (USPS)
e-mail plan of
Postel, Jon
RFCs edited by
Pouzin, Louis
power plants
printers
Procter & Gamble (P&G)
Project Charles
Project MAC
“Protocol for Packet Network Intercommunication
A” (Cerf and
Kahn)
psychoacoustics
psychology
psychometrics
Pullen, Mark
Purdue University
Quasar Industries
queueing theory
Q-32
radar
radio
network linkage by
RAdio Detection And Ranging
see radar
RAND Corporation
Baran’s network research at
communications division at
IMP Number Seven at
Raytheon
RCA
RD
Reader’s Digest
Reagan, Ronald
real-time systems
Redstone Arsenal
Reid, Brian
Republican Party
RSEXEC (resource-sharing executive)
RFC (Request for Comments)
RFC
RFC
RFC
RFC
RFC
RFNM (Request for Next Message)
Rising, Hawley
Roberts, Eric
Roberts, Larry
at ARPA
background and education of
competitive bids sought by
design group assembled by
IMP requirements specified by
network design work of
personality and management style
of
public network demonstration set by
radio links idea of
“smart drugs” regimen of
TELENET appointment of
robotics
Rockwell International
Rosin, Robert
roulette
routers
Royal-McBee
Royal Typewriter Company
Ruina, Jack P.
SAGE (Semi-Automatic Ground Envi
ronment)
samizdat
SATNET
Scantlebury, Roger
Science Advisory Committee