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"Frederick Terman expanded Stanford’s science and engineering departments in part to win Department of Defense research grants."

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Source title The Frederick Emmons Terman Book Collection

Source authors Zac Painter

Source year 2023

Confidence high

Importance high

Format Web Page

"Government-sponsored radio and electronics research expanded rapidly at Stanford in the early 1950s under Frederick Terman’s leadership."

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Source title The Terman Era

Source authors Stanford Engineering

Source year 2025

Confidence high

Importance high

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"The federal government served as a stable early customer for integrated circuits when chip technology was new."

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Source title The Valley and the “Swamp”: Big Government in the History of Silicon Valley

Source authors Heidi Hackford

Source year 2019

Confidence high

Importance high

Format Web Page

"Cold War and space-race government funding helped create the postwar Silicon Valley ecosystem by supplying research funding and startup contracts."

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Location PART 2 - FOUR HIDDEN CHIMNEYS CHAPTER 6: SCAFFOLDING FOR INFLUENCE Tight Braid

Source title The Valley and the “Swamp”: Big Government in the History of Silicon Valley

Source authors Heidi Hackford

Source year 2019

Confidence high

Importance high

Format Web Page

"The Boeing 307 Stratoliner incorporated the wings, tail, and engines of the Boeing B-17C bomber."

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Location PART 2 - FOUR HIDDEN CHIMNEYS CHAPTER 6: SCAFFOLDING FOR INFLUENCE Tight Braid

Source title Boeing 307 Stratoliner "Clipper Flying Cloud"

Source authors National Air and Space Museum

Source year 1938

Confidence high

Importance mid

Format Web Page

"Pacific container logistics grew out of military logistics and U.S. supply demands during the Vietnam War."

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Source title Episode 180: Transcript

Source authors Annalee Newitz; Charlie Jane Anders; Alexis Madrigal

Source year 2025

Confidence high

Importance high

Format Web Page

"The Domain Name System was developed in 1983 by a team led by Paul Mockapetris under a DARPA contract with USC and was initially created to support ARPANET."

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Source title Department of Commerce--Property Implications of Proposed Transition of U.S. Government Oversight of Key Internet Technical Functions

Source authors U.S. Government Accountability Office

Source year 2016

Confidence high

Importance high

Format Web Page

"Network email was introduced on the DARPA-backed ARPANET in 1972 and became its largest network application for more than a decade."

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Source title A Brief History of the Internet

Source authors Barry M. Leiner; Vinton G. Cerf; David D. Clark; Robert E. Kahn; Leonard Kleinrock; Daniel C. Lynch; Jon Postel; Larry G. Roberts; Stephen Wolff

Source year 1997

Confidence high

Importance high

Format Web Page

"TCP/IP was developed through a DARPA-led project involving Robert Kahn and Vint Cerf."

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Source title TCP/IP

Source authors DARPA

Source year 1973

Confidence high

Importance high

Format Book / Offline paper

"Chris Dixon argues that the most successful early protocol networks were funded by government programs before the commercial internet and that email and the web prospered without corporate network competition."

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Location PART 2 - FOUR HIDDEN CHIMNEYS CHAPTER 6: SCAFFOLDING FOR INFLUENCE Tight Braid

Source title Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet

Source authors Chris Dixon

Source year 2024

Confidence high

Importance high