U.S./Europe Internet Connection

该项目的总体目标是促进美国和欧洲之间当前和未来的学术和研究网络交流。在这方面，将继续支持现有的56kbps数据通信链路，将美国研究和学术网络（NSFNET、NASA、科学互联网、能源科学网络等）连接到法国科学界使用的网络，并在不久的将来连接到瑞士。这将使法国和瑞士基于TCP/IP的服务能够继续提供给这些国家的科学家，他们希望为科学合作的目的进行通信或访问独特的基于计算机的资源。由法国斯特拉斯堡恒星数据中心在巴黎附近的一台计算机上维护的世界一流的SIMBAD天文数据库，是对美国和普林斯顿大学支持人员非常重要的独特资源的一个例子。法国国家信息与自动化研究所（INRIA）通过支付电路费用的法国份额和维护其索菲亚-安提波利斯校区的通信网关参与

The overall goal of this project is to foster current and future academic and research network communications between the U.S. and Europe. In this regard, support will continue for the existing 56 kbps data communications link connecting the U.S. research and academic networks (NSFNET, NASA, Science Internet, Energy Sciences Network, etc.,) to networks used by scientic communities in France and, in the near future, Switzerland. This will enable continuation of service, based on TCP/IP in France and Switzerland, to scientists in these countries wishing to communicate for purposes of scientific collaboration or to access unique computer-based resources. The world-class SIMBAD astronomical data base, maintained by the Strasbourg (France) Stellar Data Center on a computer near Paris, is an example of a unique resource of great importance to U.S. and for support personnel at Princeton University. The French National Research Institute for Informatics and Automatics (INRIA) participates by paying the French share of the circuit costs and by maintaining the communications gateway at their Sophia-Antipolis campus.***//