Posts Tagged ‘LAN’

What is fast Ethernet?
Ethernet is the term coined by Robert Metcalfe of PARC for the system he developed to power the new laser print in his office building. In the early 1970’s this was new challenge, as the Xerox printer was connected to a large number of computers with the building. These computers [...]


The Invention of Ethernet – Robert Metcalfe, David Reeves Boggs and PARC.

Without the Ethernet modern commerce couldn’t function. Our modern economy is heavily reliant on the fast, smooth transfer of data. I find it odd that the inventors of the networking system that allows this to occur are only known to computer geeks. Robert [...]