ETHERNET

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Information on Ethernet

Ethernet is a local area network (LAN) implementation using the carrier-sense multiple access (CSMA/CD) protocol on a bus topology. Ethernet is described by the IEEE 802.3 standard.


Other topics in our resources on Communications Systems related to Ethernet include: 
 
  • carrier-sense multiple access/collision detection (CSMA/CD)
  • bus topology
  • IEEE 802.3 standard
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  • local area network (LAN)
  • Token bus
  • Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR)
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  • Token ring
  • Cambridge ring
  • Star-wired local area network (Star-wired LAN)

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