The ancestor of the Internet was the APPANET, a project started by the department of Defense (DOD) in 1969, both as an experiment in reliable networking and to link DOD and military research contractors, including the large number of universities.

• Internet的前身是ARPANET,是美国国防部于1969年创建的项目，它作为可靠组网的一个实验，把美国国防部与军事研究单位包括许多大学联网。