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11

NOVEMBER

BRUCE HOWARD ROBERT GREGORY

3COM 3000

CORPORATION SAND

PRESENTED

1980

S.

BORDEN

S.

CHARNEY

M.

METCALFE

L.

SHAW

HILL

COMMUNICATION

ROAD

BY

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3COM

PROTOCOLS

CORPORATION

FOR

UNIX

MENLO

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3COM

CALIFORNIA

94025

CORPORATION

1980.

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INTERNET PROTOCOL COMMUNICATION

UNET COMMUNICATING TERMINAL, A REMOTE.

IS A TRADEMARK

UNET

TRANSFERS

CARRIES

CREATES

VARIETY

SOFTWARE

RUNNING

ELECTRONIC

PROTOCOL

(TCP).

FACILITIES-TO

AN

UNIX MAIL, OF

COMMUNICATION

SUCH

MEDIA

FILES,

OF

3COM

PROVIDES

BELL'S

CONNECTS

MAIL

eIP)

UNET

IP/TCP

AND

ALSO

PACKET

COMPUTERS

PROGRAM

INCLUDE

CORPORATION

COMMUNICATION

UNIX

OPERATING

REMOTE

USING TRANSMISSION OFFERS

UNIX

ALLOWING

SERVICES MEDIA

BELL

DOD's

GENERAL

PROGRAMMERS.

INTERNET

BOTH SYSTEM

AMONG

SYSTEM.

TERMINALS,

STANDARD CONTROL

INTERPROCESS

AMONG

ITS

FILE,

TO

TRAVERSE

LOCAL

AND

VOICE

CIRCUITS,

UNET AND MACHfNES. WITH

SPECIAL

UNET

UNIX

XENIX

ETHERNET

WILL

IS

BEING

XENIX

COOPERATION

AND

3COM

IS A TRADEMARK

DIGITAL

ENHANCE

OFFERED

IN

ON

SATELLITE

BELL'S

PARTICULAR,

THE

18086,

ARE

TRADEMARKS

UNIX

ON

UNIX

UNET

Z8000,

WITH

OF

MICROSOFT.

BELL

OF

MICROSOFT. OF

CHANNELS,

ON

PDP-lIs

WHEN

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AND

OF

3COM

LABORATORIES.

XEROX

CORPORATION.

AND

PORTED

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AVAILABLE

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OF

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(3)

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WIDE

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AND

PROGRAMS.

IS

DISTRIBUTION

SOURCES,

FOR

RESALE.

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IMPLEMENTED

PRESENT

HOW

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AND

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YOU

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IS

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AND

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FOUR

PRODUCTS:

COMMUNICATION

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AND

BARAN,

S.

C.

M.

A.

IN

LOCAL

DIRECTOR

BORDEN,

CHARNEY, CRANE, METCALFE,

MORSE,

L.

SHAW,

SPILLER,

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JUNE

COMPUTER

1979.

NETWORKS.

UNET

DIRECTOR

VP

PRODUCT

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OPERATIONS

PRESIDENT

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MARKETING

SOFTWARE

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COMPATIBILITY

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AND

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OF

FINANCE

AND

TREASURER

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UNET, DEC

IP/TCP

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AND

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FOR

UNIX

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PRODUCT NETWORK

ETHERNET

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LIST

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IP/TCP

US

INTERNATION INTERCONNECTION

MULTIVENDOR

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IS

AS

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INTERNET

EXACTLY,

CLOSE

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STANDARDS

REFERENCE

LAYERED

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AS

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AND

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OSI

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COMMUNICATION

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DCEs.

IS

A

US

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EQUIPMENT

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AND

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