MILNET
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MILNET was the name given to that part of the ARPANET, the forerunner of the Internet, designated for unclassified United States Department of Defense traffic.
When MILNET was split off from the ARPANET in 1983, the ARPANET remained in service for the academic research community, but direct connectivity between the networks was severed for security reasons. Gateway computers relayed electronic mail between the two networks. BBN Technologies built and managed the MILNET, just as it did the ARPANET, and the two networks used very similar technology.
During the 1980s the MILNET expanded to become the Defense Data Network, a world-wide set of military networks running at different security levels. In the 1990s, MILNET became the NIPRNET.Template:Comp-stub