2006-06-08 00:20:56 · 5 answers · asked by jazzy4887 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
it do mean network card
2006-06-08 00:23:50 · answer #1 · answered by Pobept 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ethernet is large and diverse family of frame-based computer networking technologies for local area networks (LANs). The name comes from the physical concept of ether. It defines a number of wiring and signaling standards for the physical layer, two means of network access at the Media Access Control (MAC)/data link layer, and a common addressing format.
Ethernet has been standardized as IEEEs 802.3. Its star-topology, twisted-pair wiring form became the most widespread LAN technology in use from the 1990s to the present, largely replacing competing LAN standards such as Coaxial-cable Ethernet, Token Ring, FDDI, and ARCNET. The primary competitor to Ethernet in the Local Area Network market of the present is WiFi, the wireless LAN standardized by IEEE 802.11.
2006-06-08 07:25:10 · answer #2 · answered by zu2zu2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means a lan protocol
2006-06-08 07:24:59 · answer #3 · answered by angel_chaits 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a LAN protocol.
2006-06-08 07:23:44 · answer #4 · answered by deathofping 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet
check it
2006-06-08 07:24:47 · answer #5 · answered by Kanwal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋