Use the excerpt below to answer the question. When the Defense Department issued a $19,800 contract on December 6, 1967, for the purpose of studying the design and specification of a computer network," the world
didn't take notice. But it should have. For, from that small, four-month study grew the ARPANET. And, from ARPANET emerged the Internet.
-Federal Communications Commission, 2005
What was one effect of this Cold War technology?
O A. Data could be stored more securely.
B. Global communications became instantaneous.
OC. Combat strategies could be better tested.
D. Troop deployments became more frequent.