National Science Foundation Network
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| National Science Foundation Network | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Data |
| Location | USA |
| Protocols | TCP/IP and OSI |
| Operator | Merit Network with IBM, MCI, the State of Michigan, and laterANS |
| Established | 1985 |
| Current status | Decommissioned April 30, 1995, superseded by the commercial Internet |
| Commercial? | No |
| Funding | National Science Foundation |
| Website | NSFNET history |
The National Science Foundation Network (NSFNET) was a program of coordinated, evolving projects sponsored by the National Science Foundation(NSF) beginning in 1985 to promote advanced research and education networking in the United States.[1] NSFNET was also the name given to several nationwide backbone networks that were constructed to support NSF's networking initiatives from 1985 to 1995. Initially created to link researchers to the nation's NSF-funded supercomputing centers, through further public funding and private industry partnerships it developed into a major part of theInternet backbone.
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