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Article #5005Re: What is "the Internet"
From: Jordan Hayes
Date: Wed, 09 Nov 1988 02:00
Date: Wed, 09 Nov 1988 02:00
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Mike Waters <waters@dover.UUCP> writes:
I see the term 'the Internet' used freely in news items, but
never a definition of it.
It doesn't really have a formal definition ... like lots of things, it
simply evolved. I think the {I,i} distinction comes from the notion
that the Internet represents all IP-speaking swamps (initially
connected to the `ARPA-Internet') that can internetwork today, and
internet is a generic term for any n-networks that are connected (n >
1) ...
Example:
I am on the Internet. You may have an internet where you
work.
/jordan
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!mordor!joyce!zodiac!zooks!jordan From: jordan@zooks.ads.com (Jordan Hayes) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: Re: What is "the Internet" Message-ID: <6035@zodiac.UUCP> Date: 9 Nov 88 02:00:25 GMT References: <512@dover.uucp> Sender: news@zodiac.UUCP Reply-To: jordan@ads.com (Jordan Hayes) Distribution: na Organization: Advanced Decision Systems, Mt. View, CA (415) 960-7300 Lines: 17