catenet

English

Etymology

From (con)catenating networks. Coined by French computer scientist Louis Pouzin in October 1973.

Noun

catenet (plural catenets)

1. (networking) A system of packet-switched communication networks interconnected via gateways.
   • 1979, V.G. Cerf, “Part 4. Network Application”, “DARPA Activities in Packet Network Interconnection”, in Kenneth G. Beauchamp, editor, Interlinking of Computer Networks: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute held at Bonas, France, August 28 - September 8, 1978, D. Reidel Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 292:

     Furthermore, it is assumed that each catenet gateway can report a certain minimum amount of status information to an internetwork monitoring center for the purpose of identifying and isolating catenet failures, collecting minimal performance statistics and so on.

   • 1984, Advances in Instrumentation: Proceedings of the ISA International Conference and Exhibit, →ISBN, page 997:

     A gateway interconnects heterogeneous networks or catenets both physically and logically.

   • 1987, John Haefner, Edward Brady, “Session 1 - The Status of of the Lower Layers”, “Operating in an NATO Environment”, in Rainer W. G. Herbers, editor, The Upper Layers of Open Systems Interconnection: Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Interoperability of ADP Systems, The Hague, The Netherlands, 25-29 March 1985, D. Reidel Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 57:

     The TCP connections have been maintained open over the catenet with reliable data transfer not just for seconds or minutes but for many hours or even days.

   • 1988, Data Communication Systems and Their Performance: Proceedings of the Third IFIP TC6/WG 7.3 International Conference on Data Communication Systems and Their Performance, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 22-25 June, 1987, →ISBN, page 442:

     It is of great importance to have realistic models for an end to end delay analysis in such heterogeneous catenet environments.

   • 2000, Rich Seifert, The Switch Book: The Complete Guide to LAN Switching Technology, John Wiley & Sons Inc., →ISBN, page 256:

     Instead, each ring within a source routed catenet is assigned a unique 12 bit ring number, allowing for a maximum of 4,096 rings in a single catenet. (Don’t worry; no source routed catenet has ever approached this limit, or likely ever will.)

   • 2004, E. Bryan Carne, “Chapter 6. Protecting Enterprise Catenets”, in A Professional’s Guide to Data Communication in a TCP/IP World, Artech House, →ISBN, “1. Operating Environment”, “2. Interconnections”, page 108:

     The Internet can be used for interconnecting campus network to campus network, connecting campus networks to sources of public information, and connecting between stations inside and outside the catenet. / The extension of the catenet to global distances provides the opportunity for enterprise stations to address the stations (clients or servers) in the catenet or stations anywhere within the millions of users in the Internet community.

Further reading

• Internetworking § Catenet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• canette

Latin

Verb

catēnet

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of catēnō