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From: martillo@cpoint.UUCP (Joachim Carlo Santos Martillo)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: Abbreviation: RTFM
Summary: Ecrasez l'Islam!
Message-ID: <2630@cpoint.UUCP>
Date: 27 Sep 89 14:10:47 GMT
References: <1854@cbnewsl.ATT.COM> <9542@cbnews.ATT.COM> <1710@zen.co.uk> <1812@servax0.essex.ac.uk>
Reply-To: martillo@cpoint.UUCP (Joachim Carlo Santos Martillo)
Organization: Clearpoint Research Corp., Hopkinton Mass.
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In article <1812@servax0.essex.ac.uk> and@uk.ac.lon.rfhsm.ux (&ndy Holyer) writes:

>In article <1710@zen.co.uk> paola@zen.co.uk (Paola Kathuria) writes:
>>Here's my question for the week:  How comes IMP means `Packet Switching
>>Node' (as mentioned in another article)?

IMP (Interface Message Processor -- old nomenclature) ==
PSN (Packet Switching Node -- new nomenclature)

>And while we're at it, I know what a DELNI and a DEQNA are (is? are? dunno),
>but does anyone know offhand what they stand for?

I am not really sure about these but I would guess something like
DEC Ethernet Local Network Interfaced and DEC Ethernet Queuing Network
Adaptor.