[ih] gateway vs. router

[John Day]

The Brits never could get use to the idea that we were just ‘improving’ the language.  ;-)

> On Apr 22, 2024, at 11:37, Dave Crocker via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
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> 
>> Because, in the 1980s, we were still in a multi-protocol world, people
>> were building "gateways" of the second variety.  And they were
>> distinct from "ships-in-the-night" routers (which were multiprotocol
>> but didn't do conversion).
> 
> Gateways was also an unsatisfying choice because it did not afford this international community an opportunity to debate pronunciation.
> 
> d/
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