from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
BBN Technologies
Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Inc.
<company> A company, originally known as Bolt, Beranek and
Newman, Inc. (BBN), based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
BBN were awarded the original contract to build the {ARPANET}
and have been extensively involved in {Internet} development.
They are responsible for managing {NNSC}, {CSNET}, and
{NEARnet}.
The language {LOGO} was developed at BBN, as was the {BBN
Butterfly} supercomputer.
BBN Home (http://bbn.com/).
(2003-11-10)