Ethernet

Definition: Ethernet

Ethernet

Noun

1. A type of networking technology for local area networks; originally developed by Xerox Corporation; coaxial cable carries radio frequency signals between computers at a rate of 10 megabits per second.

Specialty Definitions: Ethernet

Domain	Definitions
Computing	Ethernet A local area network first described by Metcalfe & Boggs of Xerox PARC in 1976. Specified by DEC, Intel and XEROX (DIX) as IEEE 802.3 and now recognised as the industry standard. Data is broken into packets and each one is transmitted using the CSMA/CD algorithm until it arrives at the destination without colliding with any other packet. The first contention slot after a transmission is reserved for an acknowledge packet. A node is either transmitting or receiving at any instant. The bandwidth is about 10 Mbit/s. Disk-Ethernet-Disk transfer rate with TCP/IP is typically 30 kilobyte per second. Version 2 specifies that collision detect of the transceiver must be activated during the inter-packet gap and that when transmission finishes, the differential transmit lines are driven to 0V (half step). It also specifies some network management functions such as reporting collisions, retries and deferrals. Ethernet cables are classified as "XbaseY", e.g. 10base5, where X is the data rate in Mbps, "base" means "baseband" (as opposed to radio frequency) and Y is the category of cabling. The original cable was 10base5 ("full spec"), others are 10base2 ("thinnet") and 10baseT ("twisted pair") which is now (1998) very common. 100baseT (" Fast Ethernet") is also increasingly common. Usenet newsgroup: news:comp.dcom.lans.ethernet. (http://wwwhost.ots.utexas.edu/ethernet/ethernet-home.html) (1997-04-16). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: Ethernet

English words defined with "ethernet": ethernet cable. (references)

Specialty definitions using "ethernet": 100BaseFX, 100BaseTX, 100BaseVG, 10base2, 10base5, 10baseT ♦ Address Resolution Protocol, ARCnet, Attachment Unit Interface ♦ babbling error, baseband, bayonet-Neill-Concilman connector, Berkeley Network, BNC connector, breath-of-life packet, broken-ring network, bus network ♦ Call Unix, cheapernet, Chernobyl packet, Cisco Systems, Inc., collision detection, constant mapping, CSMA/CD, CSMACD ♦ Digital Equipment Corporation Network, DRECNET, drop cable ♦ EtherGate, Ethernet address, Ethernet meltdown, EtherTalk, Excelan, EXOS ♦ Fast Ethernet, FDSE, Fiber Optic InterRepeater Link, Filtabyte, full-duplex Switched Ethernet ♦ Home Phoneline Networking Alliance ♦ IEEE 802, IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3z, Interlan, Internet Protocol, inter-packet gap, Inverse Address Resolution Protocol ♦ local area transport, local maintenance facility, Logic Replacement Technology ♦ magic packet, Maximum Transmission Unit, MBONE, Media Access Control, Media Converter, megabits per second, Minnesota Internet Users Essential Tool, multicast addressing ♦ netload, network segment, Neutral Interconnect ♦ Packet InterNet Groper, physical addressing, Ponderosariesenbastkaefer, pre\box ♦ QNX ♦ RCP, reliable communication, RFE, RG58, RJ45, RJ-45 ♦ Serial Interface Adaptor, Serial Line Internet Protocol, shielded twisted pair, Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, Simple Network Management Protocol version 2, SQE, systems programmer ♦ TCPIP, Technical/Office Protocol, thick Ethernet, thicknet, Time Domain Reflectometer, transceiver, twisted pair only ♦ Unix to Unix Copy, unshielded twisted pair ♦ Virtual Local Area Network ♦ wired equivalent privacy, wirehead, World Employment Programme ♦ X terminal, X Window System. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Ethernet" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Spanish (Ethernet).

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Commercial Usage: Ethernet

Domain	Title
Books	Lan Troubleshooting Handbook: The Definitive Guide to Installing and Maintaining Arcnet, Token Ring, Ethernet, Starlan, and Fddi Networks (reference) Enterprise Networking With Fast Ethernet and Atm (reference) Fast Ethernet (reference) Fast Ethernet Implementation and Migration Solutions (McGraw-Hill Series on Computer Communications) (reference) High Speed Networking With Fast Ethernet (reference) (more book examples)

High Tech	AUDIOTRON - ETHERNET ONLY (reference) Netgear Powerline Ethernet Adapter (XE602) (reference) Friendlyshare Kit with Fast Ethernet Crossover Cable (reference) LANtastic 8.0 Fast Ethernet Starter Kit (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Ethernet

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Non-Fiction Usage: Ethernet

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		Average memory storage capacities of PCs will reach GB levels by the end of 2000 and PCs with 2GHz CPUs, 50GB HDDs, 128MB RAMs, DVD-RW drives, 100Mbps Ethernet cards, and TFT LCD monitors, will be the standard PCs used in Korea by the end of 2002, according to the report. (references)
Economic History	Uzbekistan	One of the new trends in the development of Internet services is radio Ethernet (RE) technology. (references)
	Uzbekistan	In partnership with US-based Wincom technologies, Sarkor telecom has been successful in introducing radio Ethernet projects throughout the city. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Ethernet

"Ethernet" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 66.01% of the time. "Ethernet" is used about 203 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	66.01%	134	27,488
Noun (singular)	33.5%	68	40,606
Noun (common)	0.49%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	203	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Ethernet

Expressions using "ethernet": Ethernet address ♦ ethernet cable ♦ Ethernet meltdown ♦ fast Ethernet ♦ thick Ethernet. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "ethernet": ethernet-based, ethernet-compatible, Ethernet-serial-pcmcia.
	Ending with "ethernet": Eisa-ethernet, non-ethernet.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Ethernet

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
ethernet	1,122	ethernet controller	46
ethernet card	321	pci ethernet	38
gigabit ethernet	192	ethernet router	35
ethernet hub	188	gigabit ethernet switch	34
ethernet cable	172	sis 900 pci fast ethernet adapter	34
pci ethernet controller	157	industrial ethernet	34
ethernet driver	157	ethernet modem	33
fast ethernet	121	ethernet crossover	33
ethernet switch	119	ethernet wiring	30
pci ethernet controller driver	98	ethernet controller driver	29
usb ethernet adapter	86	ethernet network	28
usb ethernet	84	pcmcia ethernet card	28
ethernet adapter	81	ethernet bridge	27
wireless ethernet	78	ethernet to serial converter	27
ethernet crossover cable	78	ethernet monitor	27
wireless ethernet bridge	64	serial to ethernet	26
power over ethernet	63	wireless ethernet card	25
pci ethernet driver	61	ethernet connection	24
ethernet cables	54	ethernet pcmcia	24
ethernet card driver	51	ethernet fast testing	22
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Ethernet

Language		Translations for "ethernet"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		乙太網路 , 以太網絡 , 以太網 , 以太局域网. (various references)

Danish		Fast Ethernet (fast Ethernet). (various references)

Dutch		100 Base-T (fast Ethernet). (various references)

Finnish		Fast Ethernet (fast Ethernet). (various references)

French		Ethernet rapide (fast Ethernet), fast Ethernet (fast Ethernet). (various references)

German		Fast-Ethernet (fast Ethernet). (various references)

Greek		fast Ethernet (fast Ethernet). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		アンモニア水 (ammonia water, ammonium, aqueous ammonia, eagle, Easter, easy, easy care, easy going, easy listening music, easy order, easy payment, EC, ether, etherboard, European Community, loose-fitting pants with an elastic or drawcord waist, routine fly ball, unlock, unlucky, unmoral). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		イーサネット . (various references)

Pig Latin		ethernetay

Portuguese		Ethernet rápida (fast Ethernet). (various references)

Spanish		Ethernet. (various references)

Thai		เครื่องหมายการค้าของระบบการแลกเปลี่ยนข้อมูลข่าวสารระหว่างคอมพิวเตอร์ในเครือข่ายท้องถิ. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Ethernet

Misspellings
	"Ethernet" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ederney, Hethersett, Netherne, Thornett. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Ethernet

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-e-h-n-r-t-t"
	-1 letter: teether.
	-2 letters: entree, eterne, ethene, nether, netter, retene, teener, teeter, teethe, tenter, terete, tether.
	-3 letters: enter, ether, rente, teeth, tenet, tenth, terne, there, three, treen.
	-4 letters: erne, hent, here, hern, nett, rent, rete, teen, tent, tern, teth, thee, then, tree, tret.
	-5 letters: ere, ern, eth, hen, her, het, nee, net, nth, ree, ret, tee, ten.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-e-h-n-r-t-t"
	+2 letters: threatened, threatener, untethered.
	+3 letters: retightened, threateners.
	+4 letters: dethronement, enthronement, entrenchment, hereditament, restrengthen, retrenchment, strengthened, strengthener, thereinafter, togetherness.
	+5 letters: dethronements, enteropathies, enthronements, entrenchments, hereditaments, heterogeneity, overtightened, preanesthetic, restrengthens, retrenchments, strengtheners, tenderhearted, thermoelement, trichothecene.
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