Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bitnet

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English

Syllables: bit-net
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An early North American academic computer network founded in 1981, supporting e-mail and listservs but pre-dating the World Wide Web.

Etymology

Abbreviation of Because It's There Network.

Frequently Paired Words

Usenet

Questions

What does bitnet mean?: An early North American academic computer network founded in 1981, supporting e-mail and listservs but pre-dating the World Wide Web.
Where does bitnet come from?: Abbreviation of Because It's There Network.

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