[1] : WordNet (r) 2.0

ethernet
     n : a type of networking technology for local area networks;
         coaxial cable carries radio frequency signals between
         computers at a rate of 10 megabits per second

[2] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

ethernet
     
         a local area network first described by
        metcalfe  boggs of xerox parc in 1976.  specified by dec,
        intel and xerox dix as ieee 802.3 and now recognised
        as the industry standard.
     
        data is broken into packets and each one is transmitted
        using the csma/cd algorithm until it arrives at the
        destination without colliding with any other packet.  the
        first contention slot after a transmission is reserved for
        an acknowledge packet.  a node is either transmitting or
        receiving at any instant.  the bandwidth is about 10 mbit/s.
        disk-ethernet-disk transfer rate with tcp/ip is typically 30
        kilobyte per second.
     
        version 2 specifies that collision detect of the transceiver
        must be activated during the inter-packet gap and that when
        transmission finishes, the differential transmit lines are
        driven to 0v half step.  it also specifies some network
        management functions such as reporting collisions, retries
        and deferrals.
     
        ethernet cables are classified as "xbasey", e.g. 10base5,
        where x is the data rate in mbps, "base" means "baseband"
        as opposed to radio frequency and y is the category of
        cabling.  the original cable was 10base5 "full spec",
        others are 10base2 "thinnet" and 10baset "twisted
        pair" which is now 1998 very common.  100baset "fast
        ethernet" is also increasingly common.
     
        usenet newsgroup: news:comp.dcom.lans.ethernet.
     
        http://wwwhost.ots.utexas.edu/ethernet/ethernet-home.html.
     
        1997-04-16
     
     
see also:
local area network xerox parc dec intel xerox ieee 802.3 
packets csma/cd algorithm contention slot acknowledge 
node bandwidth tcp/ip collision inter-packet gap 
network management collisions deferrals mbps baseband 
radio frequency 10base5 10base2 10baset 100baset 
fast ethernet usenet lt;news:comp.dcom.lans.ethernetgt; lt;http://wwwhost.ots.utexas.edu/ethernet/ethernet-home.htmlgt; 

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