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3 total messages Started by Denise Turner Mon, 13 Jun 1994 18:52

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Author: Denise Turner
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 1994 18:52

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Could you please let me know what "bit" stands for?  I have had a few
suggestions from fellow employees as follows: Boys In Tights...

Pleas help?
Thanks Denise

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Re: please describe bit.*

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Author: Kyle Barger
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 1994 13:00

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In article <dturne01-130694135253@dturner2.ess.harris.com>,
dturne01@ic1d.ess.harris.com (Denise Turner) wrote:

> Could you please let me know what "bit" stands for?  I have had a few
> suggestions from fellow employees as follows: Boys In Tights...

I'd guess it is for "BITNET", since most (all?) of the gatewayed mailing
lists were originally started on BITNET.
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Re: please describe bit.*

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Author: Mark H. Wood
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 1994 14:36

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In article <kbarger-140694090006@s205.haverford.edu>, kbarger@haverford.edu (Kyle Barger) writes:
> In article <dturne01-130694135253@dturner2.ess.harris.com>,
> dturne01@ic1d.ess.harris.com (Denise Turner) wrote:
> 
>> Could you please let me know what "bit" stands for?  I have had a few
>> suggestions from fellow employees as follows: Boys In Tights...
> 
> I'd guess it is for "BITNET", since most (all?) of the gatewayed mailing
> lists were originally started on BITNET.

But then you have to explain BITNET.  The people who own the name claim that it
stands for Because It's Time NETwork.  I have documents around here somewhere,
however, showing that originally it meant Because It's There NETwork.  (The
founders all ran VM/CMS systems with RSCS networking, and realized that they
could hook their RJE systems together to form a multiorganization network to
ship files to each other.  No fancy new software, just a few modems and leased
lines.  The rest is history.)
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