24 Mar
2006
24 Mar
'06
8:28 p.m.
On 3/25/06, Richard <legalize at xmission.com> wrote:
In article <20060324224349.GA18538 at alpha.rcac.purdue.edu>,
Patrick Finnegan <vax at purdue.edu> writes:
Yeah, the IMP was the first incarnation of the router as we know of it today.
While the TIP was the first incarnation of the terminal server.
I think we're talking about the ARPAnet IMPs
and TIPs,
Yes:
IMP = Interface Message Processor,
TIP = Terminal Interface Processor
The IMP connected computers to the arpanet and the TIP connected
terminals to machines on the arpanet.