Glossary
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ARPA The Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) of the United States Department of Defense sponsored critical research projects. ARPA sponsored the original Internet as a means of facilitating collaborative research among its supporting organizations.
ARPAnet The original Internet deployed by ARPA was known as the ARPAnet.
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base address A base address is the first IP address in either a network address or a subnetwork address block. The base address typically serves as the address for that network or subnetwork.
best-effort delivery The User Datagram Protocol is designed to provide a best-effort delivery. That is, it makes one attempt to deliver data and entrusts the network to get that data delivered. That is known as best-effort ...
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