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  1. Robert "Bob" Melancton Metcalfe (born April 7, 1946) is an American engineer and entrepreneur who contributed to the development of the internet in the 1970s. He co-invented Ethernet, co-founded 3Com, and formulated Metcalfe's law, which describes the effect of a telecommunications network

  2. lemelson.mit.edu › resources › robert-metcalfeRobert Metcalfe | Lemelson

    Learn about Robert Metcalfe, the inventor of Ethernet and other Internet-related technologies. He founded 3Com Corporation and became a professor of innovation and free enterprise.

  3. Mar 22, 2023 · Bob Metcalfe, who earned a PhD in mathematics from Harvard in 1973, is honored for his pioneering work on Ethernet, the technology that connects computers and devices to the internet. He developed, standardized, and commercialized Ethernet at Xerox, DEC, and 3Com, and co-founded the IEEE 802 committee.

  4. Mar 22, 2023 · Robert Metcalfe, an MIT alumnus and CSAIL research affiliate, is honored for his invention of Ethernet, one of the earliest and most widely used networking technologies. Learn about his career, his contributions, and his reflections on Ethernet's history and impact.

  5. Metcalfe is recognized for creating the foundational technology of the Internet which supports more than 5 billion users and enables much of modern life. ACM has named Bob Metcalfe as recipient of the 2022 ACM A.M. Turing Award for the invention, standardization, and commercialization of Ethernet.

  6. www.thoughtco.com › history-of-ethernet-robert-metcalfe-4079022Who Invented Ethernet? - ThoughtCo

    Feb 14, 2019 · Learn how Robert Metcalfe, a researcher at Xerox, developed the first local area network (LAN) system called Ethernet. Find out how he overcame the challenges of connecting hundreds of computers within a building and how he promoted Ethernet as a standard.

  7. Mar 22, 2023 · Bob Metcalfe has won the 2022 Turing Award, the computing industry's top prize, for creating the Ethernet standard that today connects billions of devices to wired and wireless...