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BITNET

BITNET proper noun: an early North American academic computer network founded in 1981, supporting e-mail and listservs but pre-dating the World Wide Web.

Proper noun

BITNET

  1. (historical) An early North American academic computer network founded in 1981, supporting e-mail and listservs but pre-dating the World Wide Web.

Origin of BITNET

Abbreviation of Because It's There Network.

Questions about BITNET

What does BITNET mean?
BITNET means an early North American academic computer network founded in 1981, supporting e-mail and listservs but pre-dating the World Wide Web.
What part of speech is BITNET?
BITNET is a proper noun.

Words near BITNET in the dictionary

  1. Bitmeads
  2. Bitner
  3. Bitners
  4. bitness
  5. bitnesses
  6. BITNET
  7. Bitney
  8. Bito
  9. bitochki
  10. Bitola
  11. bitolterol

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