What need most led to the creation of the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network? DARPA wanted scientists to be able to collaborate and share research easily. DARPA wanted American and Russian politicians to be able to communicate. DARPA wanted astronauts to be able to contact NASA and the White House. DARPA wanted factory owners to be able to coordinate supply chains.

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Chad Villarreal

13 May, 08:32

What need most led to the creation of the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network? DARPA wanted scientists to be able to collaborate and share research easily. DARPA wanted American and Russian politicians to be able to communicate. DARPA wanted astronauts to be able to contact NASA and the White House. DARPA wanted factory owners to be able to coordinate supply chains.

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Antoine Manning · Answer 1

(A) DARPA wanted scientists to be able to collaborate and share research easily.

The initial purpose of ARPA was to enable mainly scientific users at the connected institutions to communicate and share resources, also to be able to link computers at Pentagon-funded research institutions over telephone lines, and it became the technical foundation of the Internet.