To designate an address or hostname connected via BITNET
Actual use
Was widely used in late 1980s, but is no longer in use
Registration restrictions
No registrations are possible, as this domain is not in the root
Structure
Appended to right of BITNET hostnames
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.bitnet was a pseudo-domain-style suffix used in the late 1980s when identifying a hostname not connected directly to the Internet but possibly reachable through inter-network gateways. In this case, it indicated that the hostname preceding it was reachable via the BITNET network. This was one of several apparent "top-level domains" that were not actually in the Internet root, but were sometimes used in addresses during the time when non-Internet networks remained in wide use. Of these, .arpa was the only one ever actually added to the Internet root, where it continues to exist in a redesignated purpose of "Address and Routing Parameter Area". This article is about the year. ... BITNET was a cooperative U.S. university network founded in 1981 under the aegis of Ira Fuchs at the City University of New York (CUNY) and Greydon Freeman at Yale University. ... The 1980s, in its most obvious sense, was the decade between 1980 and 1989. ... The 1980s, in its most obvious sense, was the decade between 1980 and 1989. ... BITNET was a cooperative U.S. university network founded in 1981 under the aegis of Ira Fuchs at the City University of New York (CUNY) and Greydon Freeman at Yale University. ... .arpa is an Internet top_level domain (TLD) used exclusively for Internet_infrastructure purposes. ...
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