[ih] early competition and networking

[Dave Crocker]

On 4/14/2024 6:16 PM, John Day via Internet-history wrote:
> So should we say that the fundamental concept behind the internetworking
>   based on what we use today is translation between different networks?

No.  Translation means that the substance is altered into a 
different-but-roughly-equivalent form.

What we do within the IP Internet is to change a layer of envelopes, 
without altering the substance.

Translation is the sort of thing done when gatewaying, such as between 
Internet email and X.400.  The entire structure of the mail -- and 
potential some of its actual data -- are altered.

d/

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Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
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