J.C.R. Licklider's vision for the IPTO

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AuthorsC.I. Kita
Editors
Typearticle
Year2003
Citekeykita2003jcr

Where it appeared

Published inIEEE Annals of the History of Computing
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Volume25
Issue3
Pages62--77

Abstract

The Information Processing Techniques Office of the Advanced Research Projects Agency was founded in 1962 as a step toward realizing a flexible military command and control system. In setting the IPTO's research agenda for funding, its first director, J.C.R. Licklider, emphasized the development of time-sharing systems. This article looks at how Licklider's early vision of "a network of thinking centers" helped set the stage for the IPTO's most famous project: the Arpanet.

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@article{kita2003jcr,
  title        = {J.C.R. Licklider's vision for the IPTO},
  author       = {C.I. Kita},
  year         = {2003},
  journal      = {IEEE Annals of the History of Computing},
  publisher    = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)},
  volume       = {25},
  number       = {3},
  pages        = {62--77},
  doi          = {10.1109/mahc.2003.1226656},
}

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