Difference between Arpanet and Internet

[Kishore Seshadri]

In article <45527 at brunix.UUCP>, muru at iris writes:
>What is the exact difference between Arpanet and Internet? Can the two terms
>be used interchangeably?
>
The ARPANET was a sort of precursor to the Internet  set up in 1968 as a 
DARPA experiment. The Internet is a meta-network- an internetwork of
many networks running TCP/IP. Some of its major constituents are NSFNET,
MILNET and CSNET (partly). ARPANET is mostly phased out. The capital I
in "Internet" is important because "internet" just refers to an internetwork
as opposed to THE Internet. 

Look at Quarterman's "The Matrix" for more info.

Kishore
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