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From: waters@dover.sps.mot.com (Mike Waters)
Newsgroups: news.sysadmin
Subject: Re: Internet
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Date: 15 May 89 22:00:58 GMT
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In article <10499@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> ghe@nucthy.physics.orst.edu (Guangliang He) writes:
>Could anyone tell me what is the precise definition of 'Internet'? 

If you have to ask you need to read the article:
"Notable Computer Networks" by Quarterman and Hoskins, CACM Oct 1986, No. 10,
pp932-971

Should be available from almost any library. We asked trhe same question
about a year ago and my copy STILL gets re-read about twice a month.

In short its a wealth of information on the subject.