[ih] "Catnet"? - Was Re: Early use of the "Internet" term (1977)

Brian E Carpenter brian.e.carpenter at gmail.com
Fri Jun 14 15:47:35 PDT 2019


Catenet (concatenated networks) was coined by Pouzin. I suspect there was an INWG note, and he had a couple of publications in 1974.

Regards
   Brian Carpenter

On 15-Jun-19 10:04, Karl Auerbach wrote:
> 
> While you are tracking down early usage, I remember Jon (I think) using 
> the word "Catnet" (Concatenated Networks) before I heard the word 
> "Internet".
> 
> Is my memory playing tricks on me?  (If so, it would not be the first time.)
> 
> I have not been able to find anything written but I vaguely remember a 
> document or drawing titled something like "Catnet Model".
> 
> ???
> 
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