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The '''Interface Message Processor''' ('''IMP''') was the [[packet switching]] [[node (networking)|node]] used to interconnect participant networks to the [[ARPANET]] from the late 1960s to 1989. It was the first generation of [[Gateway (telecommunications)|gateways]], which are known today as [[Router (computing)|router]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.livinginternet.com/i/ii_imp.htm |title=IMP -- Interface Message Processor |website=LivingInternet |access-date=June 22, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.livinginternet.com/i/ii_imp_walden.htm |title=Looking back at the ARPANET effort, 34 years later |author=Dave Walden |website=LivingInternet |access-date=June 22, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/chris/think/ARPANET/Technical_Tour/imp-to-imp.shtml |title=A Technical History of the ARPANET - A Technical Tour |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910002528/http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/chris/think/ARPANET/Technical_Tour/imp-to-imp.shtml |archive-date=2012-09-10 |url-status=dead |website=THINK Protocols team |accessdate=June 22, 2007}}</ref> An IMP was a [[rugged computer|ruggedized]] [[Honeywell]] [[DDP-516]] [[minicomputer]] with special-purpose interfaces and software.<ref>{{cite conference