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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!"
Ethernet by illEATurHARTout April 12, 2004

entergetic 

Someone who is full of the thought of entering. Can also be defined as the want to enter something.
Joseph is really entergetic today , he keeps on opening up ur mom.
entergetic by Bighomeslice October 1, 2020

Ethernet 

(n) Something used to catch the Etherbunny.
We used the ethernet to catch the etherbunny.
Ethernet by Serajin June 16, 2005

enternet 

Very slow Internet. Slow Internet becomes Ent-ernet - with reference to the Ents of Middle Earth in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy by JRR Tolkien. When it seems like you've been sitting waiting for ages and your device hasn't even said Good Morning to the server - then you are on the Enternet! See below:
Merry: It's been going for hours.

Pippin: They must have decided something by now.

Treebeard: Decided? No, we have just finished saying "Good Morning".

Merry: But it's night time already! You can't take forever!

Treebeard: Now, don't be hasty, master Merriadoc.

Merry: We're running out of time!
This connection is so slow it looks like we'll be surfing the Enternet today!
enternet by Enternetter November 11, 2014

Ethernet 

When there is no WIFI...
In Queen Ethelburgas College (qe.org) an Ethernet cable is a necessity.
Ethernet 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.
Ethernet Jiggler by timothy lau December 29, 2020