Little Global Ring Network for Advanced Application Development - Definition

Little Global Ring Network for Advanced Application Development (Little GLORIAD) is a high-speed computer network, with bandwidth of up to 155 Mbit/s (National Science Foundation, 2003), designed to connect the computers of scientists in Russia and China to those in the United States and Amsterdam.

For this network, a direct computer link was drawn between Russia and China for the first time in history. As of 2003, it was planned to become operational in January 2004 (Paul, 2003).

References

• National Science Foundation (2003): United States, Russia, China link up first Global-Ring Network for advanced science and education cooperation. Retrieved January 13, 2004 from http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/01/040102092834.htm
• Paul, J. (2003): New network to link U.S., Russia, China. Retrieved January 13, 2004 from http://apnews.excite.com/article/20031223/D7VK5LOG2.html