NREN (National Research and Education Network)

The first (1990) asynchronous transfer mode

(ATM) network in the United States, NREN was a test-bed gigabit network sponsored by the Advanced

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• software-defined radio (SDR)
• software program
• SOHO (Small Office/Home Office)
• SOH (Section OverHead)
• sonar (sound navigation and ranging)
• SONET (Synchronous Optical NETwork)
• SONET (Synchronous Optical NETwork)
• SONET (Synchronous Optical NETwork)
• SONET (Synchronous Optical NETwork)
• SONET (Synchronous Optical NETwork)
• source
• source routing protocol (SRP)
• source routing transparent (SRT)
• space division multiplexing
• space division switch
• spam
• spam over instant messaging (SPIM)
• span
• spanning
• spanning tree protocol (STP)
• sparse network
• spatial diversity
• SPC (Stored Program Control)
• speaker
• specialized common carrier (SCC)