Ethernet
noun
Ether·net
ˈē-thər-ˌnet 
: a computer network architecture consisting of various specified local-area network protocols, devices, and connection methods
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The Raspberry Pi board has a 40-pin GPIO header on it that needs through-hole soldering, along with bits like the Ethernet and USB ports.
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ArsTechnica, 30 Apr. 2025
Broadcom’s contract with Intel Corp., of Santa Clara, Calif., was for a chip implementing a 100-Mb/s Ethernet transceiver for a local-area network (LAN), using DSP techniques.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Apr. 2025
Has Wi-Fi, HDMI eARC, Ethernet, IR receiver for TV remote.
—Parker Hall, Wired News, 26 Mar. 2025
For scaling across servers, Nvidia offers ultra-fast networking in InfiniBand and Spectrum-X Ethernet switches, often coupled with BlueField data processing units to offload network and storage tasks.
—Janakiram Msv, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
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ArsTechnica, 30 Apr. 2025
Broadcom’s contract with Intel Corp., of Santa Clara, Calif., was for a chip implementing a 100-Mb/s Ethernet transceiver for a local-area network (LAN), using DSP techniques.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Apr. 2025
Has Wi-Fi, HDMI eARC, Ethernet, IR receiver for TV remote.
—Parker Hall, Wired News, 26 Mar. 2025
For scaling across servers, Nvidia offers ultra-fast networking in InfiniBand and Spectrum-X Ethernet switches, often coupled with BlueField data processing units to offload network and storage tasks.
—Janakiram Msv, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for Ethernet
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“Ethernet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Ethernet. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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