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DARPA

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DARPA: see Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), U.S. government agency administered by the Department of Defense (see Defense, United States Department of).
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DARPA
(Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) The U.S. military agency responsible for technology projects. Founded as the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) in 1958, it was renamed DARPA in 1972, then back to ARPA in 1993 and once again back to DARPA in 1996. DARPA is a small agency that assumes the role of "technological engine" for the Department of Defense and is involved in evaluating future systems. Over the years, DARPA has made major contributions to information technology. See ARPAnet.
DARPA - Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency


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DARPA has been heralded as a model of what can be right about government.
DARPA tried to develop blue laser links to subs around 1980, but failed as the lasers available were inefficient.
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