Description:
The name ARPANET is derived from the first letters of the first three words in the phrase 'ARPANET: A Distributed System for Interconnecting Computers.' The ARPANET was a computer network that was developed at the University of California, Los Angeles in the early 1960s. The network was used to connect research computers at various universities. The name was originally 'Computer Network,' but was changed to 'ARPANET' in 1971.