DARPA

D5032150 (där′pə)abbr. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

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Noun

DARPA - the central research and development organization for the United States Department of Defense; responsible for developing new surveillance technologies since 9/11Defense Advanced Research Projects AgencyDefense Department, Department of Defense, DoD, United States Department of Defense, Defense - the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947bureau, federal agency, government agency, agency, office, authority - an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority"

DARPA

DARPA:

see Defense Advanced Research Projects AgencyDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency
(DARPA), U.S. government agency administered by the Department of Defense (see Defense, United States Department of). It was established in 1958, in reaction to the previous year's successful launch of Sputnik by the USSR, as the
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DARPA

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

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.

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Definition

DARPA➣Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (US DoD; aka Defense Advanced Research Projects Administration)

DARPA➣Defense Arpa

DARPA➣Directory Address Resolution Protocol Allocation (Nortel)

DARPA➣Distributed Analysis and Research Portfolio Aggregator (Zero Hedge)

DARPA

Related to DARPA: ARPANET

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Synonyms for DARPA

noun the central research and development organization for the United States Department of Defense

Synonyms

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

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Defense Department
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United States Department of Defense
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federal agency
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