A router is a networking device that forwards data packets and is connected to two or more data lines from different networks. Which among the following was the earliest device which had almost the same functionality as that of a router?
A
Interface Delay Device
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B
Interface Traffic Manager
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C
Interface Routing Processor
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D
Interface Message Processor
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E
Interface Data Manager
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Solution
The correct option is D Interface Message Processor The very first device that had fundamentally the same functionality as a router does today was the Interface Message Processor (IMP); IMPs were the devices that made up the ARPANET, the first TCP/IP network.