Ethernet is a family of wired computer networking standards used for local area, campus and metropolitan area networks, first standardized as ECMA-82 in 1983 and shortly after as IEEE 802.3, and commercially introduced in 1980. Robert Metcalfe and David Boggs developed the technology at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center, adapting the radio-based ALOHAnet protocol to run over a shared coaxial cable; a May 22, 1973 internal memo formally named the system, and the first experimental Ethernet network ran on November 11, 1973 at a bit rate of 2.94 megabits per second. Ethernet went on to become the dominant wired local area networking standard, still developed today as an open standard shared across the computing industry.
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SignificanceRobert Metcalfe and David Boggs built the first Ethernet network at Xerox PARC in 1973 to link Alto computers to a shared laser printer, and by 1976 it connected 100 machines, becoming the dominant local area networking standard. 1 FAQs
How did Ethernet get its name?
It was named in a May 22, 1973 memo at Xerox PARC, after the old idea of a luminiferous ether.
The name Ethernet dates to May 22, 1973, when Robert Metcalfe and David Boggs coined the term in a memo at Xerox PARC. Before that, they had called the system the Alto Aloha network, after the PARC Alto computer and the University of Hawaii's ALOHAnet. The new name borrowed the luminiferous ether, the unseen medium that nineteenth century scientists assumed light traveled through, as a picture of a cable that carries data to every machine attached to it.
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Wikipedia contributors, Wikimedia FoundationHistory section, first run sentence
It first ran on November 11, 1973 with a bit rate of 2.94 Mbit/s.
History section, 1976 Alto count sentence
By 1976, 100 Altos at Xerox PARC were connected using Ethernet.
In Field: Computer Engineering, Lead section
Ethernet ( EE-thər-net) is a family of wired computer networking standards designed for (but not limited to) local area networks (LAN), access networks, and metropolitan area networks (MAN).
Invented By: Robert Metcalfe, Introduction
In 1975, Metcalfe, Boggs and their colleagues Charles Thacker and Butler Lampson filed for a patent on Ethernet, which was granted in 1977.
Invented By: David Boggs, Introduction
In 1975, Metcalfe, Boggs and their colleagues Charles Thacker and Butler Lampson filed for a patent on Ethernet, which was granted in 1977.
In Group: Network Connectivity Hardware, Introduction
Ethernet ( EE-thər-net) is a family of wired computer networking standards designed for (but not limited to) local area networks (LAN), access networks, and metropolitan area networks (MAN).
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