so either aether or ether. :) We take the name ethernet for granted now, but it ...

m463 on May 30, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son (1922)

so either aether or ether. :)

We take the name ethernet for granted now, but it really is quite a clever name.

nowadays it is practically just a point-to-point network, but the original implementation was a bunch of clients connected to their private "aether" all shouting out to each other.