ethernot

When your Ethernet goes down so you have no internet.

I told my boss I have to work at home with a reliable connection, rather than connected to the office ethernot.

by Lingering November 29, 2022

ethergoth

Ethergoth is a subgenre of gothic fashion & music. The name stems from the ethereal music scene that began in the 80's. It can be characterized by it's serene, ambient qualities & unusual, often hard to define lyrics. The fashion of an ethergoth is more subtle or toned down than other versions of goth. They wear simple, all-black outfits that channel medieval or romantic gothic styles. Bell sleeves, amazing hats, & elegant skirts are common among girls in the scene, while ethergoth men wear poet shirts or tee shirts with simple black jeans. Jewel tone colors can be found among ethergoths quite commonly. The personality of a person who enjoys ethergoth music & fashion tends to be a quiet thoughtful soul who would rather read a good book, sip tea, or take a walk in the park than hang out at a noisy club. They love to surround themselves with the unique beauty they see in the world & can be found creating, painting, collecting crystals & bones, & burning incense. Ethergoths love to educate themselves on matters of philosophy, literature, mythology, nature & the supernatural & can be a wealth of information. Some goths who normally wear more dramatic fare dress like ethergoths when they need to be more toned down for work, family reunions, etc. It is also a good way for young folk who are interested in becoming goth to dip their toes into the subculture without horrifying their parents.

Look! There's an ethergoth photographing a bird skull she found on a hike.

by NoraNightshade September 19, 2013

Ethernet

1) A trademark for a LAN protocol.

2) A local area network first described by Metcalfe & Boggs of Xerox PARC in 1976. Specified by DEC, Intel and XEROX (DIX) as IEEE 802.3 and now recognised as the industry standard.

Data is broken into packets and each one is transmitted using the CSMA/CD algorithm until it arrives at the destination without colliding with any other packet. The first contention slot after a transmission is reserved for an acknowledge packet. A node is either transmitting or receiving at any instant. The bandwidth is about 10 Mbit/s. Disk-Ethernet-Disk transfer rate with TCP/IP is typically 30 kilobyte per second.

Version 2 specifies that collision detect of the transceiver must be activated during the inter-packet gap and that when transmission finishes, the differential transmit lines are driven to 0V (half step). It also specifies some network management functions such as reporting collisions, retries and deferrals.

Ethernet cables are classified as "XbaseY", e.g. 10base5, where X is the data rate in Mbps, "base" means "baseband" (as opposed to radio frequency) and Y is the category of cabling. The original cable was 10base5 ("full spec"), others are 10base2 ("thinnet") and 10baseT ("twisted pair") which is now (1998) very common. 100baseT ("Fast Ethernet") is also increasingly common.

Person 1: "What the heck, my Internet won't work!"
Person 2: "Dude, that's because your ethernet cable is unplugged!"

by illEATurHARTout April 12, 2004

Ethernet

(n) Something used to catch the Etherbunny.

We used the ethernet to catch the etherbunny.

by Serajin June 16, 2005

Ethernet

When there is no WIFI...

In Queen Ethelburgas College (qe.org) an Ethernet cable is a necessity.

by meinspitzname May 31, 2015

Ethernet Jiggler

When an opponent in any sports video game (i.e. FIFA) pulls out thier ethernet cable in order to disconnect from a match they are going to lose. Often times the person will either blame it on bad connection or their opponents internet.

Former friend before becoming an ethernet jiggler: Dude I swear, I have no clue why I got disconnected. Unlucky :(
You: Shut the hell up you dirty ethernet jiggler, I hope you rot in hell.

by timothy lau December 29, 2020

Ethernopian

Slang for any descendant from Africa, or being related to an Afro American.

The ethernopian kid while playing in a live mine field, blew both his legs and arms off in a spectacular double handspring from mines and ricocheting all over the place. He was later recruited for Nugget Porn.

by Jason Lewix September 20, 2004