BITNET
Because
It's
Time
NETwork is an early network of academic and research professionals. Most users have shifted to e-mail gateways. (See also
Internet and
Networks )
(Because It’s Time NETwork (or Because It’s There NETwork)) -- A network of educational sites separate from the Internet, but e-mail is freely exchanged between BITNET and the Internet. Listservs®, the most popular form of e-mail discussion groups, originated on BITNET. BITNET machines are usually mainframes running the VMS operating system, and the network is probably the only international network that is shrinking.
An academic computer network that provides interactive electronic mail and file transfer services, using a store-and-forward protocol, based on IBM Network Job Entry protocols. Bitnet-II encapsulates the Bitnet protocol within IP packets and depends on the Internet to route them.
BITNET (Because Itâs Time Network ) A computer network devoted to academic use that provides e-mail and file transfer services using a store-and-forward protocol.
