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Ethernet is Still Going Strong After 50 Years (spectrum.ieee.org)
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Ethernet is Still Going Strong After 50 Years::The technology has become the standard LAN worldwide

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

I've never heard it called foreskin, that's pretty funny, but FYI, the proper term is "boot". And I'm a big fan of no boots in the rack. They are nice for desks and places cables might be rearranged constantly, but in switches and backs of servers they just slow you down.