The standards that connect computers and devices over short distances. Ethernet is a family of wired networking standards for local area networks, IEEE 802.11 specifies the medium access control and physical layer for wireless local area networks, and Bluetooth is a short-range wireless technology for exchanging data between fixed and mobile devices. Ethernet was designed for local area networks but is not limited to them.
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Wikipedia: Ethernet
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Ethernet ( EE-thər-net) is a family of wired computer networking standards designed for (but not limited to) local area networks (LAN), access networks, and metropolitan area networks (MAN).
Wikipedia: IEEE 802.11
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IEEE 802.11 is part of the IEEE 802 set of local area network (LAN) technical standards, and specifies the set of medium access control (MAC) and physical layer (PHY) protocols for implementing wireless local area network (WLAN) computer communication.
Wikipedia: Bluetooth
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Bluetooth is a short-range wireless technology standard that is used for exchanging data between fixed and mobile devices over short distances and building personal area networks (PANs).
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