Communications · Recorded milestone
Ethernet
Recorded year1973
Bob Metcalfe at Xerox PARC invents the local-area network standard still used today.
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Led to
- GroupwareRecorded · 1989enables
- Wi-FiRecorded · 1997enables
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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.