noun
ethernet
a type of network technology for local area networks; coaxial cable carries radio frequency signals between computers at a rate of 10 megabits per second
In a sentence
Six example sentences with ethernet, each labelled with its topic.
The studio ran ethernet to every desk because wireless kept dropping whenever the freight lift passed the third floor.
Technology
Competitive players still plug into ethernet before a tournament, since a single dropped packet can cost a whole round.
Gaming
The building's ethernet sockets were installed in 1998 and half of them now lead nowhere at all.
Business
The architect specified ethernet in every wall of the new library, since wireless struggles through thick stone.
Architecture
The studio sends sixty channels of audio over a single ethernet cable, replacing a snake as thick as an arm.
Music
Ethernet was sketched on a memo at Xerox in 1973, and the diagram showed computers hanging off one shared cable.
History
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