The CYCLADES computer network was a French research network created in the early 1970s. It was one of the pioneering networks experimenting with the concept of packet switching and, unlike the ARPANET, was explicitly designed to facilitate internetworking.
Facts
SignificanceFirst network to make the hosts responsible for reliable delivery of data, a precursor of the end-to-end principle 2 Connections
In Field
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Invented By
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1. Wikidata: CYCLADES
- Wikidata Q1024621, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata Q1024621 P571 (inception)
- Wikidata Q1024621 P2669/P576 (discontinued/dissolved date)
View the Source2. Wikipedia: CYCLADES
Conception and deployment
Design and staffing started in 1972
Lead section
The CYCLADES network was the first to make the hosts responsible for the reliable delivery of data, rather than this being a centralized service of the network itself.
Invented By: Louis Pouzin, Lead
CYCLADES was designed and directed by Louis Pouzin.
View the SourceWikipedia, History of the Internet (source)
In Group: Pre-Internet Packet-Switched Research Networks, CYCLADES was a French research network directed by Louis PouzinView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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