I love simple, direct answers that are complete. Finally, I like well organized answers. When you have completed the quiz return it to both of my email addresses. Define it and explain, in simple terms, why it is important to the Internet. Len Kleinrock's PhD dissertation at MIT uncovered the principles of packet switching.
Packet switching is a method of digitizing and transmitting information.
Bits of data arrive at different times, but the sender knows how to direct them, the destination is able to confirm delivery, and your computer knows how to put the pieces together. Packet switching is important to the internet because it explains how data flows in networks. ARPA was created in response to the Sputnik launch. Sputnik created a worldwide sensation and spurred President Eisenhower to action. Bob Taylor originated the ARPAnet idea to provide interactive access between ARPA-funded computer resources around the country in order to save ARPA from draining all of it's cash resources on buying more and more computers as demand for computing time increased.