A couple of words about Ethernet There are few people today who
don’t know what Internet is, and they probably live in Siberia
or somewhere near. Everyone these days knows what Internet is; I
bet even your 80 years old grandma does. But what about
Ethernet, Do you know what that is? Not even asking about your
grandma this time. Not so many people can tell the difference
between Ethernet and Internet, it’s not difficult to get
confused when these two words seem so alike. However, there is a
huge and very significant difference between them. Xerox PARC
Company developed Ethernet in 1974, but this technology was
officially accepted by IEEE Standards Association (The Institute
of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Standards Association)
only in 1985. The name “Ethernet” comes from the passive
substance called “luminiferous ether” that some physics believe
pervaded the universe and carried the light. Robert Metcalfe,
who came up with this name, believed in symbolic meaning of it,
for Ethernet carries information