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Ethernet

[ee-ther-net]

Trademark.
  1. a local-area network protocol featuring a bus topology and a 10 megabit per second data transfer rate.



Ethernet

/ ˈiːθəˌnɛt /

noun

  1. computing a widely used type of local area network

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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The multimedia artist created an earth-toned concrete sculpture with a small screen and ethernet cables reaching toward the ceiling, called “Siren of Oblivion.”

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Conway’s life journey gave her a unique perspective on the internal dynamics of Xerox’s unique lab, which would invent the personal computer, the laser printer, Ethernet, and other innovations that have become fully integrated into our daily lives.

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A virtuoso at computer architecture, he built the first time-sharing computer and championed efforts to build the Ethernet.

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He added that the Maia chip would be strung together with standard Ethernet network cabling, rather than a more expensive custom Nvidia networking technology that Microsoft used in the supercomputers it built for OpenAI.

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Schmidt helped shape the idea behind Future House and was inspired by his time at Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Center, which developed Ethernet, laser printing and other innovations.

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