A development from the former TEN-155 pan-European research network, creating a core network and access links to countries at Gigabit speeds.
GEANT is the name of both the pan-European research and education network and of the corresponding four-year project set up by a Consortium of 27 National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) across Europe, with DANTE as its co-ordinating partner. GÉANT has four key objectives: - Gigabit Speeds. - Geographical Expansion. - Global Connectivity. - Guarantee of Quality of Service Homepage: ( http://www.dante.net)(DE:GEANT, FR:GÉANT, IT:GEANT)
pan-European communication network with speeds in the order of Gigabits per second
Gigabit European Academic Network. The GÉANT project is a collaboration between 26 NREN s representing 30 countries across Europe, as well as the European Commission and DANTE. Its principal purpose has been to develop the GÉANT network - a multi-gigabit pan-European data communications network, reserved specifically for research and education use. It replaced the earlier TEN-155 network in November 2001. http://www.dante.net/server.php?show=nav.007
GÉANT is the main European multi-gigabit computer network for research and education purposes. GÉANT link speeds range from 155 Mbit/s on the slowest spur links to 10 Gbit/s in the core optical fiber network.
GEANT is the name of a series of simulation software designed to describe the passage of elementary particles through matter, using Monte Carlo methods. The name is an acronym formed from "GEometry ANd Tracking". Originally developed at CERN for high energy physics experiments, today GEANT has uses in many other fields.
