Significant advances are occurring to race past sneakernet. But the ideal computer interconnect solution will always be just around the next bend.
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Sneakernet
//ˈsniːkənɛt//
Synonyms for "sneakernet"
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Translations
8 translations across 7 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 球鞋網絡 /球鞋网络 noun (method of transferring a computer file from one computer to another by copying it to an external storage device, carrying the device to the other computer, and saving the file there)
- 球鞋網路 /球鞋网路 noun (method of transferring a computer file from one computer to another by copying it to an external storage device, carrying the device to the other computer, and saving the file there)
German
1 entries- Turnschuhnetzwerk noun (method of transferring a computer file from one computer to another by copying it to an external storage device, carrying the device to the other computer, and saving the file there)
Japanese
1 entries- スニーカーネット noun (method of transferring a computer file from one computer to another by copying it to an external storage device, carrying the device to the other computer, and saving the file there)
Korean
1 entries- 스니커넷 noun (method of transferring a computer file from one computer to another by copying it to an external storage device, carrying the device to the other computer, and saving the file there)
Russian
1 entries- флоппинет noun (method of transferring a computer file from one computer to another by copying it to an external storage device, carrying the device to the other computer, and saving the file there)
Slovene
1 entries- sprehajalno omrežje noun (method of transferring a computer file from one computer to another by copying it to an external storage device, carrying the device to the other computer, and saving the file there)
Ukrainian
1 entries- флоппінет noun (method of transferring a computer file from one computer to another by copying it to an external storage device, carrying the device to the other computer, and saving the file there)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Before complicated networks and E-mail and special-interest bulletin boards, there was Sneakernet. Sneakernet required no special protocol, no special cables and terminal software. To communicate on Sneakernet, all you needed to do was take a disk from your computer to someone else's, stick the disk in that remote drive, and copy some files—instant data transfer. Well, almost instant.
Source: wiktionary
Before computer networks came into existence, sneakernet was the only method of file sharing available. Sneakernet is the generally accepted term for the act of loading files that you want to share on removable media (tape, CD, or floppy disk) at one computer, carrying the media to a second computer, and reading the files from that media onto that second computer. [...] Sneakernet is the lowest-tech form of file sharing that has ever been available, and it is still practiced at some sites today.
Source: wiktionary
NSA feels there is no reason to use sneakernet anymore when you can distribute software to users through the network. (Sneakernet is the network created by physically walking from location to location to deliver software to users.)
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