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Article #634Definition of a network
From: Marc Peeters
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1989 12:49
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1989 12:49
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As a part of my practical work, I'm investigating how bounced mail is handled on different sites. For the paper that I'm writing, I need a definition of a "computer network". We all know what a network is (don't we?), but giving a good definition turns out to be more difficult. Personally, i make a seperation between the first 3 layers of the OSI model (which I call the fysical network) and the upper layers (which I call the logical network). My question to you all is: What do *YOU* think is a good definition of a computer network in general and what do you think is a good definition of both a fysical and a logical network? If you send me your answers (thank you already, BTW) by e-mail, than I will make a summary of them to the net. Marc Peeters (j15@nikhefh.nikhef.nl)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!ginosko!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!nikhefh!j15 From: j15@nikhefh.nikhef.nl (Marc Peeters) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,eunet.general,comp.protocols.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.misc Subject: Definition of a network Keywords: definition network Message-ID: <270@nikhefh.nikhef.nl> Date: 26 Sep 89 12:49:40 GMT Reply-To: j15@nikhefh.nikhef.nl (Marc Peeters) Organization: Nikhef-H, Amsterdam (the Netherlands). Lines: 20