National Research and Education Network

A National Research and Education Network (NREN) is a specialised internet service provider dedicated to supporting the needs of the research and education communities within a country.It's usually distinguished by support for a high-speed backbone network, often offering dedicated channels for individual research projects.NRENs are usually the places where new Internet protocols are introduced before deployment within the Internet. Two examples of these protocols are IPv6 and IP multicast.
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(NREN) The realisation of an interconnected gigabit computer network devoted to High Performance Computing and Communications.
See also HPPC, IINREN.
(1994-11-23)