[1] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)

bitnet
     because it's time network network
     
     

[2] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

bitnet /bit'net/ n., obs. acronym: because it's time network
   everybody's least favorite piece of the network see the network -
   until aol happened. the bitnet hosts were a collection of ibm dinosaurs
   and vaxen the latter with lobotomized comm hardware that communicate
   using 80-character ebcdic card images see eighty-column mind;
   thus, they tend to mangle the headers and text of third-party traffic
   from the rest of the ascii/rfc-822 world with annoying regularity.
   bitnet was also notorious as the apparent home of b1ff. by 1995 it
   had, much to everyone's relief, been obsolesced and absorbed into the
   internet. unfortunately, around this time we also got aol.


see also:
the network ebcdic eighty-column mind rfc b1ff 

[3] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

bitnet
     
         /bit'net/ because it's time network an academic
        and research computer network connecting approximately 2500
        computers.  bitnet provides interactive, electronic mail and
        file transfer services, using a store and forward
        protocol, based on ibm network job entry protocols.
     
        bitnet-ii encapsulates the bitnet protocol within ip
        packets and depends on the internet to route them.  bitnet
        traffic and internet traffic are exchanged via several
        gateway hosts.
     
        bitnet is now operated by cren.
     
        bitnet is everybody's least favourite piece of the network.
        the bitnet hosts are a collection of ibm dinosaurs,
        vaxen with lobotomised communications hardware, and prime
        computer supermini computers.  they communicate using
        80-character ebcdic card images see eighty-column mind;
        thus, they tend to mangle the headers and text of
        third-party traffic from the rest of the ascii/rfc 822
        world with annoying regularity.  bitnet is also notorious as
        the apparent home of biff.
     
        jargon file
     
        2002-09-02
     
     
see also:
electronic mail store and forward protocol ibm network job entry ip 
packet internet gateway cren dinosaurs 
vaxen prime computer ebcdic eighty-column mind headers 
ascii rfc 822 biff jargon file 

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Bitnet.ca - Connecting People and Information Technology
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http://www.bitnet.ca/, score=100, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 11:55 pm

BITNET - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitnet, score=73, date indexed=December 21, 2005, 5:43 pm

BitNET / ????????????? ?
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this is bitnet
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CREN | CREN History
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http://www.cren.net/cren/history.html, score=62, date indexed=December 21, 2005, 2:04 am

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http://www.bitnet.ru/psycho/, score=57, date indexed=January 19, 2006, 2:21 pm

BITNET home page
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http://www.bitnet.info/, score=51, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 10:41 pm

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http://web.bitnet.net/dimension/, score=45, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 7:15 pm

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