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  2. John Murphy (engineer) - Wikipedia

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    Datapoint had pioneered microprocessors; the challenge ARCNET addressed was how to facilitate the efficient transmission of information between different machines. [6] In an interview with Len Shustek for the Computer History Museum, Murphy notes that Datapoint took ARCNET from concept to reality in "under a year and probably very much under a ...

  3. Point-to-point (telecommunications) - Wikipedia

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    The term is also used in computer networking and computer architecture to refer to a wire or other connection that links only two computers or circuits, as opposed to other network topologies such as buses or crossbar switches which can connect many communications devices. Point-to-point is sometimes abbreviated as P2P.

  4. Datapoint - Wikipedia

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    Datapoint Corporation, originally known as Computer Terminal Corporation (CTC), was a computer company based in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Founded in July 1968 by Phil Ray and Gus Roche, its first products were, as the company's initial name suggests, computer terminals intended to replace Teletype machines connected to time sharing ...

  5. Computer network - Wikipedia

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    An internetwork is the connection of multiple different types of computer networks to form a single computer network using higher-layer network protocols and connecting them together using routers. The Internet is the largest example of internetwork. It is a global system of interconnected governmental, academic, corporate, public, and private ...

  6. List of computing and IT abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    NetBIOS—Network Basic Input/Output System; NetBT—NetBIOS over TCP/IP; NEXT—Near-End CrossTalk; NFA—Nondeterministic Finite Automaton; NFC—Near-field communication; NFS—Network File System; NGL—aNGeL; NGSCB—Next-Generation Secure Computing Base; NI—National Instruments; NIC—Network Interface Controller or Network Interface Card

  7. ARCNET - Wikipedia

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    An ARCNET adapter for an Amiga 500 computer. The small card next to it is the size of a credit card. Attached Resource Computer NETwork (ARCNET or ARCnet) is a communications protocol for local area networks. [1] ARCNET was the first widely available networking system for microcomputers and it became popular in the 1980s for office automation ...

  8. Data stream - Wikipedia

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    A data point is a tag that collects information about a certain action, performed by a user on a website. Data points exists in two types, the values of which are ...

  9. Node (networking) - Wikipedia

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    In data communication, a physical network node may either be data communication equipment (DCE) such as a modem, hub, bridge or switch; or data terminal equipment (DTE) such as a digital telephone handset, a printer or a host computer. If a network is a local area network (LAN) or wide area network (WAN), every LAN or WAN node that participates ...