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A three_level network sponsored by the National Science Foundation to support research. The NSF is responsible for operation and management of a high_speed backbone network. Linked to the backbone are the mid_level networks, which can be discipline_specific or regional. Campus networks attach in turn to mid_level networks.
NSF computer network
The national backbone network, funded by the National Science Foundation and operated by the Merit Corporation, used to interconnect regional (mid-level) networks such as WestNet to one another.
A network formed by the NSF to connect schools and universities in the US to each other, on a regional basis, with at least one site in the region having access to their five supercomputer centres. This allowed all sites to have access to the centres, and each other, by forwarding information from site to site. Other government departments and agencies soon joined in, with NASA, health departments, energy departments, and so on, to the ever growing Net, all contributing to what is now known as the Internet.
One of the Internet's primary backbone networks.
ational cience oundation Net work: A high speed hierarchical "network of networks" in the U.S., funded by the National Science Foundation. At the highest level, it is a backbone network comprising 21 nodes connected to a 45Mb/s facility spanning the continental United States. Attached to that are mid-level networks and attached to the mid-levels are campus and local networks. NSFNET also connects out of the U.S. to Canada, Mexico, Europe, and the Pacific Rim. The NSFNET is part of the Internet.
National Science Foundation Network.: The current high-speed network that links users with supercomputer sites around the country. Also called the interim NREN.
In the mid 80's the National Science Foundation linked six U.S. supercomputer centers forming a network called NSFNET. Speed was increased from 56,000 bits per second (56 kbps or 56K) to 1.5 mbps (T-1).
Network created by the National Science Foundation as a way of connecting its computers to universities' computers to facilitate research sharing. A forerunner of the Internet.
National Science Foundation NETwork: A network based on the Internet protocol suite established by the NSF to connect the NSF-funded national supercomputer centers. NSFNet is part of the Internet network.
The national network of connections which superseded ARPANet as the framework of the Internet. It was created in 1986; ARPANet was decommissioned in 1990. See also ARPANet.
NSFNET is the high-speed network that connects midlevel regional computer (Internet) networks to support scientific research facilities throughout the country.
an effort of the US National Science Foundation to extend networking to support national efforts related to research and education in science, mathematics, engineering, and related areas. It served mostly as the backbone for the research and educational portion of the Internet.
Acronym for the early National Science Foundation's networks later to be combined with ARAPNET to become the Internet
The second deployment of an internetwork which eventually absorbed the ARPANET, and later became ANSNET.
The backbone of the Internet since 1990 when ARPANET was dismantled. Originally linked 6 supercomputers through high-speed phone lines.
National Science Foundation Network, which linked researchers with high-speed supercomputer centers. For a while, this was the "backbone" of the Internet.
National Science Foundation Network. NSFNET is often given credit for creating the modern Internet and creating a high-speed telecommunications backbone which has become the catalyst for the concept of the electronic superhighway.
One of the "backbone networks" of the Internet.
National Science Foundation Network. A large network controlled by the NSF that provides networking services in support of education and research in the U.S. The NSF announced that it is getting out of the network business. There is some uncertainty about how the void left by NSFnet will be filled.
an expansion of the ARPANET to serve the NSF community, leading toward the larger future NREN
National Science Foundation Network -- The NSFNET is a highspeed "network of networks" which is hierarchical in nature. At the highest level is a network that spans the continental United States. Attached to that are mid-level networks and attached to the mid-levels are campus and local networks. NSFNET also has connections out of the U.S. to Canada, Mexico, Europe, and the Pacific Rim. The NSFNET is part of the Internet.
National Science Foundation Network. The National Science Foundation followed on the earlier ARPANet by creating NSFNet in 1986 as a 56 Kbps backbone for the Internet. Commercialization of the nets began in 1992. By 1995, the National Science Foundation withdrew its sponsorship and concentrated on funding research for newer, higher speed initiatives.
National Science Foundation Network, an Internet backbone established in 1986.
National Science Foundation Network: A high-speed internet that spans the country, and is intended for research applications. It is made up of the NSFnet Backbone and the NSFnet regional networks. It is part of the Internet.
The original academic US Internet backbone network
A wide-area network developed by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in 1985. NSFnet replaced ARPAnet as the main government network linking universities and research facilities in 1990.
provides scientists access to a number of supercomputers across the country.
National Science Foundation Net (backbone to the Internet)
A network established by the National Science Foundation in 1986 to connect five super computer centers in the U.S. and provide connectivity to the Internet primarily for colleges and universities. The main traffic on the Internet was turned over to interconnected network providers in 1995.
US National Science Foundation Network
National Science Foundation's network of five supercomputer centers. 2.4
National Science Foundation Network. Large network that was controlled by the NSF and provided networking services in support of education and research in the United States, from 1986 to 1995. NSFNET is no longer in service.
The National Science Foundation's former network, a part of the Internet devoted to research and education and funded by government money. It has gone away, replaced by pieces of commercial networks. ANS, which formerly ran the NSFNET, now belongs to America Online.