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Subject: Re: What's a repeater, bridge, router, or gateway?
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Date: Fri, 9-Jan-87 13:09:28 EST
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> We also need a term for a clump of internets connected by, for example,
> mail gateways. I'd probably call it a metanet, but I don't think that
> term is in common usage.

When discussing a (future) large conglomeration of DoD and ISO nets that 
might include application level gateways, dual protocol gateways, dual 
protocol hosts and some form of interoperable DoD/ISO routing, we came up 
with the term "Teranet".  (The greek prefix "tera-" means "so large and 
malformed as to be monsterous"; as in "teratology- the study of serious 
deviations from the normal type in organisms".)