Thread: US government relinquishes aministration of the internet
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Old 03-17-2014, 09:54 AM   #19
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
It wasn't created for that at all. It was created to provide a self-rerouting network for military command and control computers in the event of a nuclear attack. Its civilian uses were merely coincidental.
Indeed: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPANET
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