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Transceiver, Section of the Original Ethernet, 1973-1974
Boggs, David Reeves, Metcalfe, Robert M., 1946-, and Xerox PARC (Firm)1973/1974
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
This is a section of the original Ethernet, developed by Bob Metcalfe and David Boggs at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) in 1973. PARC was a center of innovation; this pioneering internetworking architecture was developed to connect (PARC-developed) personal computers to (PARC-developed) laser printers. Ethernet has changed business and home computing and has reigned for thirty years as a global standard.
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- Title: Transceiver, Section of the Original Ethernet, 1973-1974
- Creator: Boggs, David Reeves, Metcalfe, Robert M., 1946-, Xerox PARC (Firm)
- Date Created: 1973/1974
- Location: United States, California, Palo Alto
- Subject Keywords: Xerox PARC (Firm), Communication, Ethernet (Local area network system), Firsts, Serial cables, Coaxial cables, Transceivers
- Type: Objects
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: Digital Collections
- Patent Date: 1973
- Object Name: Transceiver
- Object ID: 2009.129.1
- Inventor: David Boggs, Robert Metcalfe
- Invention: Ethernet
- Image ID: THF95337
- Field: Communication
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Palo Alto Research Center, Inc.
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