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From: dgary@ecsvax.UUCP (D Gary Grady)
Newsgroups: net.physics,net.unix
Subject: Re: Network differences (CERN)
Message-ID: <936@ecsvax.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 17-Dec-85 11:25:10 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 17 11:25:10 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 20-Dec-85 01:17:53 EST
References: <2301@sdcc6.UUCP> <9079@ritcv.UUCP> <9080@ritcv.UUCP> <173@bnl.UUCP>
Reply-To: dgary@ecsvax.UUCP (D Gary Grady)
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Organization: Duke U Comp Ctr
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Keywords: BITNET, NETNORTH, EARN
Xref: watmath net.physics:3697 net.unix:6671
Summary: BITNET is EARN in Europe

In article <173@bnl.UUCP> myers@bnl.UUCP (Eric Myers) writes:
[Quoting another posting]
>> Incidentaly, The network commonly called BITNET is really three networks..
>> BITNET (US), NORTHNET (Canada), and CERN (Europe).  (I think).
>
>CERN is not a computer network, it is a physics laboratory in Geneva,
>Switzerland. . .
>And it just so happens that CERN is on BITNET.

Actually, the other posting was making a stab in the right direction.
It's BITNET in the US, NETNORTH in Canada, and EARN (European Academic
and Research Network) in Europe.  I've also heard the European arm
called EARNET, perhaps because of the rabbits they used to have in the
tunnels at Desy (these bunnies had PhDs - I knew one).
-- 
D Gary Grady
Duke U Comp Center, Durham, NC  27706
(919) 684-3695
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