History of the Internet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Before the wide spread of internetworking that led to the Internet, most communication networks were limited by their nature to only allow communications between the stations on the local network and ...
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A fundamental part of the supercomputing initiative was the creation of NSFNET. NSF envisioned a general high-speed network, moving data more than twenty-five times the speed of CSNET, and connecting existing regional networks, which NSF had created, and local academic networks.
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www.nsf.gov/about/history/nsf0050/internet/launch.htm
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In 1990 and 1991, the NSFNET team was restructured. A not-for-profit entity called Advanced Networks and Ser vices continued to provide backbone ser vice as a subcontractor to Merit Network, while a for-profit subsidiary was spun off to enable commercial development of the network.
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www.nsf.gov/about/history/nsf0050/pdf/internet.pdf
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This page describes the term NSFnet and lists other pages on the Web where you can find additional information. ... A wide-area network developed under the auspices of the National Science Foundation (NSF). NSFnet replaced ARPANET as the main government network linking universities and research facilities. In 1995, however,
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The National Science Foundation's enlightened management of the NSFNET facilitated the Internet's first period of explosive public growth.
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www.livinginternet.com/i/ii_nsfnet.htm
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NSFNET was a backbone network for research computing deployed in the mid-1980s. ... Home > Networking Definitions - NSFNET ... - NSFNET was a network for research computing deployed in the mid-1980s that in time also became the first backbone infrastructure for the commercial public Internet.
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CONCLUSION While developing the NSFNET and guiding its early growth, the NSFNET Program was concerned primarily with provision of the physical infrastructure necessary to allow the US research and education community to use data communication and networking technology as a working tool.
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www.stewart.cs.sdsu.edu/nsf-internet.faq
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From 1987 until April 1995, Merit managed and re-engineered the NSFNET Backbone Service project in partnership with the National Science Foundation , ANS, IBM, MCI, and the State of Michigan. ... The NSFNET Backbone Service...
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www.merit.edu/networkresearch/projecthistory/nsfnet/
www.merit.edu/networkresearch/projecthistory/nsfnet/
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Maps of the NSFNET Backbone Service. ... Back to NSFNET Information.; ... NSFNET Diagrams - Merit Network, Inc.
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