``The diagram ... was drawn by Dr. Robert
M. Metcalfe in 1976 to present Ethernet for the first time. It was used
in his presentation to the National Computer Conference in June of that
year. On the drawing are the original terms for describing Ethernet. Since
then other terms have come into usage among Ethernet enthusiasts.''
The Ethernet Sourcebook, ed. Robyn E. Shotwell (New York: North-Holland,
1985), title page.
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