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This page names the research group or laboratory a computing pioneer worked within. Wikipedia notes that a primary goal of computer scientists is to "develop or validate models, often mathematical, to describe the properties of computational systems," work that is usually carried out inside a specific research group. Browsing this way collects every pioneer who worked within the same group.

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1969 CE 1
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1. Wikipedia: ARPANET
WikipediaARPANET, Creation section, IMP contract sentence, pioneer subcategory use
Quote, ARPANET, Creation section, IMP contract sentence, pioneer subcategory use
In 1969, ARPA awarded the contract to build the Interface Message Processors (IMPs) for the network to Bolt Beranek & Newman (BBN).
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