national science foundation network

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national science foundation network - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  National Science Foundation Network
  NSFNET
  
     (NSFNET) A high speed hierarchical "network of networks" in
     the US, funded by the National Science Foundation.  At the
     highest level, it is a backbone network comprising 16 nodes
     connected to a 45Mb/s facility which 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 US to Canada, Mexico,
     Europe, and the Pacific Rim.  The NSFNET is part of the
     Internet.
  
     (1993-01-01)