What was the original purpose of the network that would become the internet?

Shopping and commerce

social media

digitizing books

military and academic communication

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The original purpose of the network that would become the internet was primarily for military and academic communication. The precursor to the internet, ARPANET, was developed in the late 1960s by the U.S. Department of Defense's Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) to enable secure and robust communication among different academic and military institutions.