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Ethernet is a widely used technology for connecting computers and devices to each other through physical cables, allowing them to share data and communicate on networks. It remains one of the most common and reliable methods for establishing network connections in homes, offices, and data centers.
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- Instance of
- communications media
- Subclass of
- computer network protocol
- Named after
- computer network
- Image
- RJ-45 Ethernet socket on Lenovo T410 Laptop (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Ethernet
- topic's main category
- Category:Ethernet
- Stack Exchange tag
- stackoverflow.com/tags/ethernet
- Commons gallery
- Ethernet
- derivative work
- power over Ethernet
- described by source
- IEEE 802.3
- discoverer or inventor
- Robert Metcalfe
- replaced by
- wireless LAN
- complies with
- IEEE 802.3
- different from
- Wi-Fi
- replaces
- token ring
- uses
- optical fiber
- topic has template
- Template:Ethernet
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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