Title :
Regional and backbone networks
Author_Institution :
NASA Ames Res. Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA
fDate :
Oct. 31 1988-Nov. 3 1988
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Consideration is given to a general web consisting of disjoint sets of data repositories, computing facilities, and terminals of all kinds. An examination is made of the current status of this growth in communications. How this could be done is discussed form the point of a user of mass storage facilities. The author considers how things got started, and what forces are currently active.<>
Keywords :
computer networks; storage management; backbone networks; computing facilities; disjoint sets of data repositories; general web; mass storage facilities; regional networks; terminals; Bandwidth; Database systems; History; Telephony;
Conference_Titel :
Mass Storage Systems, 1988. Storage Systems: Perspectives. Digest of Papers., Ninth IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Monterey, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8880-7
DOI :
10.1109/MASS.1988.72781
