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ARPANET
ARPANET was created to help give the United States a technological edge over the rest of the world as it allowed the exchange of information for military and government use to increase dramatically. -
ARPA Task Force
The Department of Defense told ARPA to organize a Task Force to conduct business in ensuring that the computers were secure and classified information was protected. -
RAND Report
The RAND Report was the culmination of the Task Force's findings, which contained discussion of security controls. -
World-Wide Net
The first proposal for the World-Wide Net was given by Tim Berners-Lee. -
Internet
The Internet became available for use by the public.