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Name: Ethernet
ID: m10284
Language: English (en)
Summary: The ethernet is a network supporting the transfer of packets of information between computers.
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: broadcast, capacity, collision, communication networks, ethernet, information communication, network, network architecture, packet, packet size, protocol, random access, transceiver
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 1.0
Authors: Don Johnson (dhj@rice.edu)
Copyright Holders: Don Johnson (dhj@rice.edu)
Maintainers: Don Johnson (dhj@rice.edu), John Cottrell (jac3@rice.edu)
Version: 2.13 (history)
Created: Aug 9, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5
Revised: Jun 11, 2009 9:29 am GMT-5

Version History

Version: 2.13 Jun 11, 2009 9:29 am GMT-5 by Connexions
Changes: 
Modified markup for explicit .eps image reference
Version: 2.12 Apr 15, 2005 3:36 pm GMT-5 by Charlet Reedstrom
Changes: 
update to cnxml-0.5, fix typos, update mathml
Version: 2.11 Dec 1, 2003 11:21 pm US/Central by Don Johnson
Changes: 
Fixed a typo.
Version: 2.10 Jul 29, 2003 10:43 am GMT-5 by Adan Galvan
Changes: 
removed test file
Version: 2.9 Jul 29, 2003 10:38 am GMT-5 by Adan Galvan
Changes: 
testing link to file
Version: 2.8 Jun 2, 2003 12:00 am GMT-5 by Adan Galvan
Changes: 
fixed broken cnxn
Version: 2.7 Aug 5, 2002 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes: 
Changed an equation display.
Version: 2.6 Aug 2, 2002 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes: 
auditing this module
Liqun
Version: 2.5 Sep 11, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by Brent Hendricks
Changes: 
Converted to CNXML 0.3.5
Version: 2.4 Aug 24, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes: 
I added a cnxn to fix the FIXME comment in the module.
-erin
Version: 2.3 Aug 23, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes: 
deleted some whitespaces.
erin
Version: 2.2 Aug 20, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes: 
I re-uploaded the images and their .eps files.
Version: 2.1 Aug 9, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes: 
new module created by combining m0078 and m0079
Version: 2.0 Aug 9, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes: 
Added initial template for new module m10284

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