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I feel like the best feature of our our internet is the lack of a central hub like the network described in this article, and that "internet" isn't really an ap
by canthonytucci 13y ago
I feel like the best feature of our our internet is the lack of a central hub like the network described in this article, and that "internet" isn't really an appropriate term here.
edit: super awkward wording.
- gwright 13y agointernet = generic term for a set of interconnected networks Internet = proper noun describing one particuarly well-known internet
- canthonytucci 13y agoI may have misread the article but my understanding was that they have built just a single network, is this correct?
- gwright 13y agoSounds like a single layer 3 network but multiple layer 2 data links. Usually 'internet' is reserved for networks connected by a layer 3 device but a layer 2 device still has to make 'routing' decisions between the data link layers, which is usually called 'switching' and not routing. I'm not sure if there is a common term for an aggregate collection of switched data link segments, perhaps "layer 2 network"? In any case, using "internet" to refer to connected layer 2 data links isn't a particular strong abuse of the term in my mind.