Corporation for National Research Initiatives

The Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI), based in Reston, Virginia, is a non-profit organization founded in 1986 by Robert E. Kahn as an "activities center around strategic development of network-based information technologies", including the National Information Infrastructure (NII) in the United States.[1]

CNRI develops the Handle System for managing and locating digital information.[2] CNRI obtained DARPA funding for the development of JPython (Jython), a Python implementation in and for Java, initially created by Jim Hugunin.[3] The MEMS and Nanotechnology Exchange (MNX) is an effort located at CNRI that provides semiconductor implementation services to the United States and was established with support from DARPA.

  1. ^ "About CNRI". Corporation for National Research Initiatives. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Handle.net - General FAQs". Handle.net. Corporation for National Research Initiatives. Archived from the original on 27 August 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  3. ^ Rossum, Guido Van (27 January 2009). "The History of Python: Personal History - part 2, CNRI and beyond". The History of Python. Retrieved 23 September 2017.