ARPANET was an early packet switched network initially connecting 4 sites (Stanford, UC Santa Barbara, UCLA, and U of Utah).

The mission of ARPANET was to connect packet switched networks and other diverse networks, making an international network of networks.

ARPANET connected sites spread around the Hawaiian Islands to a central time-sharing computer on the University of Hawaii campus.

ARPANET was based on the use of TCP/IP to interconnect diverse systems.