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<p>burdening the root servers.</p>

<p><big>History</big></p>
<p>The <a href="page.php?w=ARPANET">ARPANET</a>, named for the <a href="page.php?w=Advanced_Research_Projects_Agency">Advanced Research Projects Agency</a> (ARPA), was launched in 1969, and is considered the earliest predecessor of the <a href="page.php?w=Internet">Internet</a>. The agency's name was adopted as the name for the first formal name space of the network after it had transitioned to <a href="page.php?w=TCP%2FIP">TCP/IP</a> networking in January 1983. The name was used as a naming suffix</p><p>
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