Ethernet
[
ee
-ther-net]
/ˈi θərˌnɛt/
1.
Trademark.
a local-area network protocol featuring a bus topology and a 10 megabit per second data transfer rate.
British Dictionary definitions for
ethernets
Ethernet
/
ˈiːθəˌnɛt
/
noun
1.
trademark (
computing
) a widely used type of local area network
Word Origin and History for
ethernets
ethernet
n.
1980, from
ether
+ ending as in
Internet
, etc.