wht is the major diff betwen ARPNET and TCP/IP for which v preffer tcp/ip over ARPNET?
2007-02-16 20:05:28 · 3 answers · asked by giri 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
ARPAnet was the Internet before it went commercial. TCP/IP is the protocol that runs over it.
2007-02-16 20:45:20 · answer #1 · answered by tony1athome 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) developed by ARPA of the United States Department of Defense was the world's first operational packet switching network, and the predecessor of the global Internet.
pronounced as separate letters) Short for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, the suite of communications protocols used to connect hosts on the Internet. TCP/IP uses several protocols, the two main ones being TCP and IP. TCP/IP is built into the UNIX operating system and is used by the Internet, making it the de facto standard for transmitting data over networks.
2007-02-20 05:29:04 · answer #2 · answered by nima man 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCPIP
2007-02-16 20:52:25 · answer #3 · answered by J M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋