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Advanced Research Projects Agency

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Archaeological Resources Protection Act

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Automatic Radar Plotting Aid

Governmental » Transportation

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Amazon Region Protected Areas

Governmental » Environmental

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Adaptive Resource Protection Agent

Computing » General Computing

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Advance Rehearsal Project Approval

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Advanced Rapid Process Agent

Computing » Software

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Address Resource Program Access

Computing » Software

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Automatic Radar Plotting Accessory

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American Rescue Plan Act

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Average Revenue Per Account

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Advanced Research Projects Administration

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Arizona Rock Products Association

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Arno Ruitenberg Picture Art

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Association of Representatives of Professional Athletes

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Augmented Reality Pedagogical Agent

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Advance Research Projects Agency

Business » Agencies

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A Research Projects Agency

Business » Agencies

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American Racing Press Association

Miscellaneous » Automotive

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Amicale Retro Peugeot Atlantique

Miscellaneous » Automotive

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Address and Routing Parameter Area

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What does ARPA mean?

arpa
The domain name arpa is a top-level domain in the Domain Name System of the Internet. It is used exclusively for technical infrastructure purposes. While the name originally was the acronym for the Advanced Research Projects Agency, the funding organization in the United States that developed one of the precursors of the Internet, it now stands for Address and Routing Parameter Area. arpa also contains the domains for reverse domain name resolution in-addr.arpa and ip6.arpa for IPv4 and IPv6, respectively.

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