Network and Internet Systems

A network, protocol, naming system or service that computers use to communicate with each other, consolidating three narrower founding-wave labels (Naming System, Networking Standard, Protocol Suite) into one category because each held only a single member and none added browse value the merged group does not already give; this corresponds loosely to ACM Computing Classification System's own Networks top-level area, though this bucket also covers built network artifacts ACM CCS itself does not classify as artifacts. Belongs here: ARPANET, Domain Name System, Ethernet, TCP/IP, The Internet and World Wide Web. Does not belong here: a single computer or operating system that merely connects to a network, filed under its own hardware or software subcategory.