``The diagram ... was drawn by Dr. Robert M. Metcalfe in 1976 to
present Ethernet ... to the National Computer Conference in June of
that year. On the drawing are the original terms for describing
Ethernet. Since then other terms have come into usage among Ethernet
enthusiasts.''
The Ethernet Sourcebook, ed. Robyn E. Shotwell (New
York: North-Holland, 1985), title page.
Check out Ethernet patent #4063220 which lists the four inventors.
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