What is the Ethernet technology? Ethernet is a LAN architecture, which was developed by Xerox Corporation in cooperation with DEC and Intel. Bus or star topology is used by Ethernet and supports 10 MBPS data transfer rate. Ethernet specification is the basis for the IEEE 802.3 standard, which specifies physical and software layers. CSMA/CD access method is used by Ethernet for handling simultaneous demands. Ethernet is a popular LAN standard most widely implemented.
A new version by name 100Base-T or Fast Ethernet will support data transfer rates of 100MBPS. Another newest version, Gigabit Ethernet supports 1 GBPS data transfer rate.
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