Ethernet PCI

IEEE 802.3 - CSMA/CD

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Ethernet was first developed by Xerox Corp.; later Intel and Digital Equipment joined the Ethernet development ( - DEC, Intel, Xerox).

1980 the IEEE set up the standardization committee '802'; in 1982 the subcommittees 802.2 (LLC), 802.3 (CSMA/CD=Ethernet), 802.4 (Token Passing Bus), and 802.5 (Token Passing Ring) were initiated. In 1985, the LAN standards were published.

Ethernet variants:

Ethernet II vs. IEEE 802.3

Ethernet media access control (MAC):

Ethernet MAC

Literature/Sources:

ATM