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Don’t have refs to hand but IIRC the concept of packet switching was developed theoretically as a candidate for a military network but was deemed impractical by
by KineticLensman 4y ago
Don’t have refs to hand but IIRC the concept of packet switching was developed theoretically as a candidate for a military network but was deemed impractical by the Pentagon’s telecoms providers. However, the theory papers were picked up again by the early Arpaner designers
- mlyle 4y agohttps://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM3420.html https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM3420.html (1964) "We will soon be living in an era in which we cannot guarantee survivability of any single point. However, we can still design systems in which system destruction requires the enemy to pay the price of destroying n of n stations. If n is made sufficiently large, it can be shown that highly survivable system structures can be built—even in the thermonuclear era. "