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JANET: Joint Academic NETwork

Joint Academic NETwork (JANET) is a British government-funded computer network dedicated to education and research. All further- and higher-education organizations are connected to JANET, as are all the Research Councils and several metropolitan area networks in the UK. JANET is operated by a consortium known as the United Kingdom Education and Research Networking Association (UKERNA), who is also responsible for the .ac.uk and .gov.uk domains.

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JANET: Joint Academic NETwork