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The computer science research network CSNET: a history and status report

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Volume 26 , Issue 10 (October 1983) table of contents

Pages: 747 - 753

Year of Publication: 1983

ISSN:0001-0782

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Douglas Comer

Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

In 1981, the National Science Foundation started a five-year project totaling nearly $5 million to construct a computer science research network, CSNET, connecting all groups engaged in computer science research. For an NSF division with an annual budget of $25 million, the award represents an unusual commitment to a single project; only a handful of such large awards have been made. What is CSNET? Why is it receiving such attention? How will it benefit the community? When will it be completed? Who are the architects and implementors?

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	1	Douglas Comer , John T. Korb, CSNET protocol software: the IP-to-X.25 interface, Proceedings of the symposium on Communications Architectures & Protocols, March 08-09, 1983, Austin, Texas
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	5	From the meeting of the National Science Foundation Computer Science and Engineering Advisory Panel, December 5&6, 1974, cited in NSF Program Report vol 5:6 (Oct. 1981), 18.
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