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Interconnecting different types of computer networks

Internetworking is the practice of interconnecting multiple computer networks. Typically, this enables any pair of hosts in the connected networks to exchange messages irrespective of their hardware-level networking technology. The resulting system of interconnected networks is called an internetwork, or simply an internet. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: InternetworkingA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Space System Internetworking: The Foundational Role of Delay and Disruption-Tolerant NetworkingInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Enterprise InteroperabilityThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Toward proximity-aware internetworkingCited 212 times
  5. Go sideways: Protocol WarsA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: International Network Working GroupA closely related topic

📖 Definitions

Verb present participle and gerund of internetwork

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

🆕 Influential since 2022

📚 Books worth reading

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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