A catenet is a system of packet-switched communication networks interconnected via gateways. The Internet is a catenet. The term "internet" (with a lower-case 'i') later superseded the term "catenet".
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"The Catenet Model for internetworking" (http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/ien/ien48.txt) (Cerf, V., DARPA Information Processing Techniques Office, IEN 48, July 1978.)
Catenet is an obsolete term for a system of packet-switched communication networks interconnected via gateways.
It was coined at a time when network meant what is now called local area network, to refer to the concept of linking these networks into a "network of networks".
The term "internet" (with a lower-case 'i'), referring to any network speaking the Internet protocol has superseded the term "catenet", as IP is the only cross-networking protocol in wide use.
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