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Robert Kahn

Kahn worked on ARPANET system design and packet switching at BBN and helped initiate open-architecture internetworking.

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Kahn worked on ARPANET system design and packet switching at BBN and helped initiate open-architecture internetworking.

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  1. Kahn worked on ARPANET system design and packet switching at BBN and helped initiate open-architecture internetworking.

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    • Robert Kahn — Computer History Museum — Biography, BBN and Internetting project
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Sources

  1. Robert Kahn — Computer History Museum

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