NEARnet
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NEARnet
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NEARnet was an innovative high-speed regional network for education, research and development, established in 1988 by a consortium led by Boston University, Harvard University, and MIT. It was a precursor to the commercial internet, formed after DARPA announced plans to dismantle the ARPANET. ARPANET then accounted for 71 of the consortium's 258 host connections. Special services and facilities, such as the Connection Machine, the Massachusetts Microelectronics Center, and library catalogs, were
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEARnet
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2024-04-23T17:21:31Z
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