System notes



ethernet-history

Version date: Thu May 24 14:28:12 EDT 2012

4/17/92

History:
The name Ethernet is based on science history. It was once
thought that a universal medium called luminiferous ether was the carrier
of electromagnetic waves. Xerox decided to build its "ether" out of
coaxial cable.


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