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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"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."

GAO records the 1983 DARPA-USC contract and DNS’s original purpose of supporting ARPANET.

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

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