Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Joint Academic NETwork
     
        (JANET) The {wide area network} which links UK academic and
        research institutes.  JANET is controlled by the {Joint
        Network Team} (JNT) and Network Executive (NE).  It is an
        {internet} (a large number of interconnected sub-networks)
        that provides connectivity within the community as well as
        access to external services and other communities.  The {hub}
        is the JANET subnetwork, a private {X.25} {packet-switched}
        network that interconnects over 100 sites.  At the majority of
        sites, {local area network}s (LANs) are connected to JANET
        allowing off-site access for the computers and terminals
        connected to these networks.  The {Coloured Book} {protocol}
        architecture is used to support interactive terminal access to
        computers (for both character terminals and screen terminals),
        inter-host file transfers, {electronic mail} and remote
        {batch} job submission.
     
        {Home (http://nic.ja.net/)}.
     
        See also {JIPS}, {SuperJanet}.
     
        (1995-02-07)