The predecessor of the internet was the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET), the network that laid the groundwork for the technological infrastructure of the modern Internet.
The predecessor of the internet was the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET). It was implemented by the United States Department of Defense to connect computers and share information between government facilities and research universities. ARPANET was the foundation upon which the modern Internet was built, with researchers developing several key technologies during the 1960s and 1970s that would later form the basis of Internet technology.
The other options provided, such as Al Gore, CompuServe, and DARPA, are related to the Internet in various ways but do not represent its direct predecessor. Al Gore is a political figure known for promoting the Internet, CompuServe was an early online service provider, and DARPA was the agency responsible for ARPANET but not the network itself.