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ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency (known for a time as DARPA). An agency of the US Department of Defense responsible for research and technical development in areas where no single service (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps) has a clear jurisdiction or interest. It is perhaps most famous for the network technology development that led to the ARPANET.

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ARPA (ˈɑːpə) Advanced Research Projects Agency (see DARPA)

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