It’s impossible to know everything that’s happening at the same time. So while ARPANET was the 2nd packet switched network behind NPL a journalist wouldn’t hav

It’s impossible to know everything that’s happening at the same time. So while ARPANET was the 2nd packet switched network behind NPL a journalist wouldn’t have a clue. The original conception of Message Blocks was for routing around a damaged network, but the term for Packet Switching was actually a means for multiple users to share a single connection. ARPANET included many ideas from NPL but was also its own thing. So who invented Packet Switching depends on what parts of it you consider critical.