An acronym referring to the Computer Science Network, a historical academic computer network that preceded the modern internet.
From 'Computer Science Network,' an actual early data network established in the 1980s to connect computer science departments at universities and research institutions.
CSNET was the overlooked ancestor of the internet—while everyone knows about ARPANET, CSNET quietly connected hundreds of academic institutions and pioneered many internet technologies, then vanished when the web became ubiquitous.
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