JANET ==>
Joint Academic NETwork
(JANET) The wide area network which links UK academic and research institutes.
JANET is controlled by the Joint Network Team (JNT) and Network Executive (NE).
It is an internet (a large number of interconnected sub-networks) that provides
connectivity within the community as well as access to external services and
other communities. The hub is the JANET subnetwork, a private X.25
packet-switched network that interconnects over 100 sites. At the majority of
sites, local area networks (LANs) are connected to JANET allowing off-site
access for the computers and terminals connected to these networks. The Coloured
Book protocol architecture is used to support interactive terminal access to
computers (for both character terminals and screen terminals), inter-host file
transfers, electronic mail and remote batch job submission.
Home.
See also JIPS, SuperJanet.
(1995-02-07)
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