[Neanderthal]

"the internet evolved from the arpanet which was developed by the DOD. the DOD should take it back rather than let it go under the UN, or charge royalties on it at the very least."

I thought it the DARPANET originally, for Defense Advanced Research Projects. That's what we called it at the University of Illinois in the 1970's.

[expatpat]

DARPA(net) and ARPA(net) are the same thing. THey dropped the D(efense) from their name for a while, and then put it back.

[Flash Bazbeaux]

This is confusing, but as best I can remember, the single institution which was known at various times as ARPA and DARPA changes its name three times, from ARPA to DARPA back to ARPA and then back to DARPA again. Do a google search for ARPA/DARPA and I think you will find an explanation. As for arpanet/darpanet, what ever you recall was probably correct, at the time you used it.