Early research and development: Merging the networks and creating the Internet: Commercialization, privatization, broader access leads to the modern Internet: Examples of Internet services: In computer networking, MILNET (fully Military Network) was the name given to the part of the ARPANET internetwork designated for unclassified United States Department of Defense traffic.
[3] The ARPANET remained in service for the academic research community, but direct connectivity between the networks was severed for security reasons.
Gateways relayed electronic mail between the two networks.
"[1] During the 1980s the MILNET expanded as part of the Defense Data Network,[4] a worldwide set of military networks running at different security levels.
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