Q. Which among the following was the first operational packet switching network, and the predecessor of the Internet?
Answer: ARPANET
Notes: The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network or ARPANET was the first wide-area packet-switching network with distributed control. It is the predecessor of Internet. It is one of the first networks to implement the TCP/IP protocol suite which became the technical foundation of the Internet.

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