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<reference anchor='RFC0187'>

<front>
<title>Network/440 Protocol Concept</title>
<author initials='D.' surname='McKay' fullname='Douglas B. McKay'>
<organization>International Business Machines (IBM), Thomas J. Watson Research Center</organization></author>
<author initials='D.' surname='Karp' fullname='Donald P. Karp'>
<organization>International Business Machines (IBM), Thomas J. Watson Research Center</organization></author>
<date month='July' day='1' year='1971' />
<abstract>
<t>This RFC is being circulated as an	information RFC. Its intent is to convey some of the thinking and philosophy that went into IBM's network protocol and overall network design.</t></abstract></front>

<seriesInfo name='RFC' value='187' />
</reference>
