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Ethernet

Family of wired computer networking technologies commonly used in local area networks (LAN), metropolitan area networks (MAN) and wide area networks (WAN)

Entityde facto standard technical standard communications mediaQ79984

Also known as Ethernets · Ethernet protocol

Instance of: de facto standard
, technical standard
, communications media
Subclass of: computer network
, electrical connector
, computer network protocol

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Ethernet is a family of wired computer networking standards designed for local area networks (LAN), access networks, and metropolitan area networks (MAN). It was commercially introduced in 1980 and first standardized in 1983 as ECMA-82 and shortly after as IEEE 802.3. It is an example of an open standard.

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