- March
- The name of ARPA was changed to the Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency (DARPA). DARPA was established as a separate
defense agency under the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
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- July
- After spending six month working on a specification,
researchers announce the completion of File Transfer Protocol
(FTP). This is the protocol used to transmit and receive
information over the new APRAnet.
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- October
- The International Conference on Computer Communication in
Washington on October 1972, was the first demonstration of the
newly founded ARPAnet.
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