Kuwaas waa kuwee, Jaamacada IBM iyo Jaamacada Michigan? Marka la eego su'aasha hore, ku qor macnaha guud ee jawaabta. Waxay noqon kartaa 1 ilaa 20 jumladood. Macnaha guud:
Merit Network, Inc., oo ah hay'ad aan faa'iido doon ahayn oo madaxbanaan oo ay maamusho jaamacadaha dadweynaha ee Michigan, ayaa la aasaasay 1966 iyadoo loo yaqaan Michigan Educational Research Information Triad si loo sahamiyo shabakadaha kombiyuutarada ee u dhexeeya saddex ka mid ah jaamacadaha dadweynaha ee Michigan si ay u caawiyaan horumarka waxbarashada iyo dhaqaalaha ee gobolka. Iyada oo taageero bilow ah laga helayo Gobolka Michigan iyo National Science Foundation (NSF), shabakadda loo beddelay baakadaha ayaa markii ugu horreysay la muujiyey bishii Diseembar 1971 markii martigeliyaha isdhexgalka ee martigeliyaha la isku xiro waxaa la sameeyay inta u dhexeysa nidaamyada kombiyuutarka IBM ee Jaamacadda Michigan ee Ann Arbor iyo Jaamacadda Wayne State ee Detroit. Bishii Oktoobar 1972 waxaa la isku xiray xarunta dhexe ee CDC ee Jaamacadda Michigan State ee East Lansing. Dhowrkii sano ee xigay marka lagu daro martida loo marayo isku xirnaanta isdhexgalka shabakada ayaa la xoojiyay si ay u taageerto terminal si ay u martigeliso isku xirnaanta, martida loo martigeliyo isku xirnaanta dufcadda (gudbinta shaqada fog, daabacaadda fog, wareejinta faylka dufcadda), wareejinta faylka isdhexgalka, albaabada loo maro shabakadaha xogta dadweynaha ee Tymnet iyo Telenet, X.25 ku lifaaqyada martida, albaabada loo maro shabakadaha xogta X.25, Ethernet ku lifaaqan martida, iyo ugu dambeyn TCP / IP iyo jaamacado dadweyne oo dheeri ah oo ku yaal Michigan ayaa ku biira shabakadda. Waxaas oo dhami waxay u diyaariyeen marxaladda doorka Merit ee mashruuca NSFNET laga bilaabo bartamihii 1980-meeyadii.