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| | What is Ethernet? - a definition from Whatis.com - see also: Alohanet |
 | | Specified in a standard, IEEE 802.3, Ethernet was originally developed by Xerox from an earlier specification called Alohanet (for the Palo Alto Research Center Aloha network) and then developed further by Xerox, DEC, and Intel. |
 | | Ethernet was named by Robert Metcalfe, one of its developers, for the passive substance called "luminiferous (light-transmitting) ether" that was once thought to pervade the universe, carrying light throughout. |
 | | Ethernet was so- named to describe the way that cabling, also a passive medium, could similarly carry data everywhere throughout the network. |
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