Catenet
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Catenet is an obsolete term for a system of packet-switched communication networks interconnected via gateways. It was coined at a time when network meant what is now called local area network, to refer to the concept of linking these networks into a "network of networks". The Internet is a catenet. The term "internet" (with a lower-case 'i'), referring to any network speaking the Internet protocol has superseded the term "catenet", as IP is the only cross-networking protocol in wide use.
External link
- ["The Catenet Model for internetworking"] (Cerf, V., DARPA Information Processing Techniques Office, IEN 48, July 1978.)
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