Word: hsdn
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Harvard students connected to the High-Speed Data Network (HSDN) will benefit from Windows 95's built-in TCP/IP and networking support, which will allow for simple connection to HSDN resources. Many students will also appreciate Microsoft's campaign urging video game developers to release entertainment software for Windows...
...Harvard High-Speed Data Network (HSDN), which is the University's connection to the global data communication network called the Internet, allows students to access the Web through in-room data jacks at extremely high speeds...
Getting connected to the Web requires an active HSDN data jack, a network-capable Macintosh or Microsoft Windows-compatible computer and "browser" software to navigate the Web's hypertext pages...
What is unusual about the High Speed Data Network (HSDN) is that every student connection is assigned a unique IP address. The "IP" notation hints at something greater, and indeed, "Internet Protocol" addresses allow us to pass the "toll booths" that separate our local highway from the superhighway...
...contrast, most PC networks are like isolated "villages," with only a limited number of machines given IP addresses to access the rest of the world. The HSDN, with IP addresses on every student machine, is like a six-lane highway with thousands of entrance ramps...