Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!ginosko!husc6!m2c!jjmhome!cpoint!martillo 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. Lines: 15 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.