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BITNET

The English word “BITNET” has 1 meaning listed here.

proper noun

  1. An early North American academic computer network founded in 1981, supporting e-mail and listservs but pre-dating the World Wide Web.

Etymology

Abbreviation of Because It's There Network.

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