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Interface Message Processor

EPISODE · Sep 23, 2019 · 10 MIN

Interface Message Processor

from 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy · host BBC World Service

Arpanet was a computer network developed in the 1960s that paved the way for today's internet. At its heart was the Interface Message Processor: a massive, heavily armoured box containing the technology that made it possible. Tim Harford takes a look inside.

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