BWhat changed
Host-network software questions were formulated in a shared, iterative technical document.
Scientific scope
April 1969 RFC 1 alone; first links, IMPs, final host protocol and Internet are separate.
Evidence
The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. This record is RFC 1, not sole authorship of ARPANET. IMP engineering, packet-switching theory, host implementations, first links and the wider Network Working Group had broader authorship.
Contributors
- Steve Crocker · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
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