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From: kelly@woody.fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly)
Subject: Re: what's the difference??
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Date: Tue, 20 Dec 1994 16:41:13 GMT
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In article <3d4n3b$5br@jpunix.com>, John A. Perry <perry@jpunix.com> wrote:
>What's the difference between Mosaic-2.4.tar.gz and Mosaic-2.4-term.tar.gz?

One's a plain Mosaic that uses the HyperText Transport Protocol (http)
over Internet Protocol (IP) connections.  The other uses the `term'
program to communicate with the world.

Now, what's the `term' program?

It's a program that lets you direct certain network datagrams over a
serial link.  It's like a poor-man's SLIP or PPP.  It consists of a
proxy program you run on an Internet-connected host that then
transfers information from the port-level over your serial connection
to your own UNIX host at home.

It's popular at college campuses where there are users with free UNIX
implementations at home but the college doesn't offer and SLIP/PPP
connections.

--k