In computer networking, Gigabit Ethernet is the transmission of Ethernet frames at a rate of a gigabit per second. The most popular variant, 1000BASE-T, is defined by the IEEE 802.3ab standard. It cam
Intel PRO/1000 GT PCI network interface controller
1000BASE-T–capable network interface card made by Intel, which connects to a computer via PCI-X
Supermicro AOC-SGP-I2 dual-port Gigabit Ethernet NIC, a PCI Express × 4 card
Ethernet is a family of wired computer networking standards designed for local area networks, access networks, and metropolitan area networks. It was commercially introduced in 1980 and first standard
Gigabit Ethernet
…The first standard for faster 10 Gigabit Ethernet was approved in 2002. Ethernet was the result of research conducted at Xerox PARC in the early 1970s, and later evolved into a widely implemented physical and link layer protocol…
First pages of Xerox PARC memo authored by Metcalfe in 1973 establishing the basic principles of Ethernet.
Accton Etherpocket-SP parallel port Ethernet adapter (c. 1990). Supports both coaxial (10BASE2) and twisted pair (10BASE-T) cables. Power is drawn from a PS/2 port passthrough cable.
An Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet NIC, PCI Express ×1 card
Older Ethernet equipment. Clockwise from top-left: An Ethernet transceiver with an in-line 10BASE2 adapter, a similar model transceiver with a 10BASE5 adapter, an AUI cable, a different style of transceiver with 10BASE2 BNC T-connector, two 10BASE5 end fittings (N connectors), an orange vampire tap installation tool (which includes a specialized drill bit at one end and a socket wrench at the other), and an early model 10BASE5 transceiver (h4000) manufactured by DEC. The short length of yellow 10BASE5 cable has one end fitted with an N connector and the other end prepared to have an N connector shell installed; the half-black, half-grey rectangular object through which the cable passes is an installed vampire tap.