Joint Academic NETwork
JANET
(JANET) The {wide area network} which links UK academic and
research institutes. JANET is controlled by the {Joint
Network Team} (JNT) and Network Executive (NE). It is an
{internet} (a large number of interconnected sub-networks)
that provides connectivity within the community as well as
access to external services and other communities. The {hub}
is the JANET subnetwork, a private {X.25} {packet-switched}
network that interconnects over 100 sites. At the majority of
sites, {local area networks} (LANs) are connected to JANET
allowing off-site access for the computers and terminals
connected to these networks. The {Coloured Book} {protocol}
architecture is used to support interactive terminal access to
computers (for both character terminals and screen terminals),
inter-host file transfers, {electronic mail} and remote
{batch} job submission.
(http://nic.ja.net/).
See also {JIPS}, {SuperJanet}.
(1995-02-07)