[ih] Overlay networks
Carsten Schiefner
carsten at schiefner.berlin
Mon Aug 25 07:51:07 PDT 2025
Jack & all -
On 20.08.2025 18:14, Jack Haverty via Internet-history wrote:
> Agreed, the Internet is basically an "overlay network". IIRC even the
> term "internet" was derived from "interconnecting networks". Earlier it
> had been called "Catenet" for "concatenated networks".
given what the Net has been (re-) purposed to over the decades, maybe
"Catnet" would now be appropriate? ;->
SCNR - best,
-C.
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