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Robert Metcalfe
Also Known As Robert Melancton Metcalf · Robert Melancton Metcalfe · Bob Metcalfe · Robert M. Metcalfe
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American engineer who co-invented Ethernet with David Boggs at Xerox PARC in 1973 and went on to found the networking company 3Com. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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AwardNational Inventors Hall of Fame 2 AwardGrace Murray Hopper Award 2 AwardIEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal 2 AwardComputer History Museum Fellow 2 AwardNational Medal of Technology and Innovation 2 Connections
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Metcalfe was working at PARC in 1973 when he and David Boggs invented Ethernet, initially as a standard for connecting computers over short distances.
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Robert Melancton Metcalfe, born April 7, 1946, New York City, U.S.
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