lASSIST Newsletter, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Winter 1978) EDITORIAL COMMENT T year News Ilea Ms. of W firm and gan form begi puBl tor tion cere tlie year his i of pu letter fion, Al ice iscons found also p for t ation nning icatio and th have desi high s by Al ssue b blicati The under Bobbin in, Ha ation f rovided he dis within of th howe e forma changed re to tandard ice. egm on firs the of diso or t a m semi lASS e se ver, t o upho s se s the of the t year edito the Un n, pr he pub uch ne nation IST- cond both f the It is Id and t in t se IAS of rshi iver ovid lica eded of With year the publ my ex he f cond SIST pub- p of sity ed a tion or- in- the of edi- ica- sin- tend irst On in f o the d here, produ ditio at th A tex the Netwo Scrip the p are i ing pm m netic delig enter Es of Vo Newsl pu5ir as we est t exten time tion go ou reaso tide net wo from SIST year, prese vide tion e of rmat ouble T ces a n of e sa t edi Kentu rk ( t) IS ublic ntrod apers achin tape hted ed US pecia lume etter caEio 11 as o IAS ds t probl :o s ; unt i I h ;--al :ks 5aper ;onf e the fro col he d pub a ma me t ting cky CMS use atio ucin or e re "to ing wa n of pro SIST hat ems ubmi il t ave 1 Q and s gi renc Ke h in info ough ican obv m th umn oubl lica gazi ime sy Educ Eait d to n, g IS oth adab In f have Scri with t wa s mo sub vidi mem tren this t ar his sel eali ne ven e in ope this rmat t c t im lOUS e fi style e CO tion ne or cons stem ation or a ente One i tha er c ie f act , ^Pap pt CO the s cle ving stant ng ne bers. d. imp! tide issue ected ng wi twork at t Febr that issu ion oncer porta ait rst ill lumn in jou erve aval al nd r an nnov t of ontr orm I ers mman fere year ustr la the rnal s pa labl Comp Sate d f o atio ace ibut on woul air ds. nces is ated yout tra- and per . e on uter rloo rmat n we ept- ions mag- d Be eady fourth ar th t o w a r ive ar ws of This Becau icit i cou Fo sever th CO ing--d he 197 uary o the ar e wil and st ning a nee t issue at the d the tides inter- issue se of nvita- Id not r that al ar- mputer erived 8 lAS- f this tides 1 pro- imula- n area o our ted ome f th of signif enterprise The term "network," as used by those of us who use computers, may refer to communications networks, computer networks, or both. The papers in this issue are directed primarily toward computer networks although many allusions are made to the communications networks on which the computers rely. What are computer networks? One common 8 uterne or users work . main-s and/or Genera munica withou networ munica ly use net wo more via so The c ite, remo liy it tions t com ks can tions d defin rk is comput me com omputer or h te com may be ne two puters, not exi network itio the ers muni s ma ost puti sa rks b st n of a follow accesse cations y consis comput ng syst id that can e ut comp without com- inq: d By net- t of ers, ems. com- xist uter com- I atte char port esta netw the on t The sour espe comra Borm eval soci base n the f mpt to acterist unities blishmen orks. impact he socia problems ca shar ciaiiy f unity, an . uates th al struc d scient ollow expl ics, prov t and Alic of CO 1 sci and ing or t is di And e eco ture if ic ing pa ore s proble ided use e Robb mputer ence d poten taroug he soc scusse Richar nomic in t commun ges we ome of ms, an through of com in exp netwo ata lib tials o h netw iai sc d by Lo d Roist climat he net ity. will the d op- the uter ores rking rar y. f re- orks, ience raine acher e and work- While att the inclusio articles, that the Ne means of com members arou suit, the N to provide s Reports and around the ution to t Newsletter w aEear—If, pecially lik are attempti letter, plea loolcing rorw Newsletter i empting t n of mor we have wsietter municafio nd the wo ewsletter pace for for News world. hese seg ill be gr for any r e, or dis ng to do se write ard to wo n 1978. not is ns f rid. wil Act and Your ment eatl easo like with or c rkin ove ubst for a p or 1 As 1 CO ion Note CO s o y ap n, y , w the all. g wi toward antive gotten rimary ASSIST a re- ntinue Group s from ntrib- f the preci- ou es- hat we News- T am th the Substantive papers and book re- views will be accepted throughout the year and scheduled for publica- tion as space becomes available. Material for "News and Notes" and "Action Group Reports" should con- form to the following deadlines for the June, September, and December issues: May 15, 1978 (June) August 15, 1978 (September) November 15 (December) Material received after these dead- lines will be held for the next is- sue, providing the notices are not time dependent. Your help in ob- serving these deadlines will be ap- preciated. T-W-H. - 2 -