What does ARPA mean in General Computing?

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Advanced Research Projects Agency

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What does ARPA mean?

arpa
The domain name arpa is a top-level domain in the Domain Name System of the Internet. It is used exclusively for technical infrastructure purposes. While the name originally was the acronym for the Advanced Research Projects Agency, the funding organization in the United States that developed one of the precursors of the Internet, it now stands for Address and Routing Parameter Area. arpa also contains the domains for reverse domain name resolution in-addr.arpa and ip6.arpa for IPv4 and IPv6, respectively.

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