Datakit

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

  Datakit
       
           A {circuit-switched} digital network, similar to
          {X.25}.  Datakit supports {host-to-host} connections and
          {EIA-232} connections for {terminals}, {printers}, and {hosts}.
       


          Most of {Bell Laboratories} is {trunk}ed together on Datakit.
          On top of DK transport service, people run {UUCP} for
          {electronic mail} and {dkcu} for {remote login}.
       
          ISN is the version of Datakit supported by {AT&T} Information
          Systems.  Bell Laboratories in Holmdel, New Jersey, uses ISN
          for internal data communication.
       
          {(http://www.fc.net:80/phrack/files/p18/p18-9.html)}.
       
          ["Towards a universal data transport system", A. G. Fraser,
          IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, SAC-1(5)
          pp. 803-16, 1983].
       
          (1996-10-20)