catenet
Definition
Aggregate of several networks (such as Internet) in which several hosts are connected through different platforms, the networks are inter-connected through gateways and act like one logical network. The term was coined by the French scientist Louis Pouzin in his 1974 paper 'A Proposal for Interconnecting Packet Switching Networks,' and is probably derived from Latin 'catena,' chain.
catenet is in the Information Science & Technology and Internet & World Wide Web subjects.
This content can be found on the following page:
http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/catenet.html
email to a friend
print this definition
cite this definition
link to this page
