... the US Army was at war at that time and that information was an important asset in ensuring the success of missions. The Advance Research Projects Agency (ARPA) of the Department Of Defense (DOD) was the one responsible in developing this widely used protocol in which we know today as TCP/IP. It was developed under the leading eye of Vincent Cerf and Robert Khan. They were both in charge in leading the team into developing a protocol that could not only transmit messages between vast networks but also a protocol that ensures the delivery of those messages. Their main goal basically was to connect a number of different networks together. In other words, make them talk to each other. As we know today, TCP/IP has been widely used by the Internet community to transmit data between them. One of the reasons for this huge success is its ability to deliver ...

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