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I think the common thread is multiple sender/receivers on a single shared conductor using csma/cd. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrier-sense_multiple_access_

• jweather 9y ago
  Not since 100Mbit... Gigabit is full duplex only and has no need for collision detection/avoidance.
• tyingq 9y ago
  See token ring for shared conductor, but different coordination.[1]. There was a time when it wasn't clear which one would win out. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Token_ring https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Token_ring Edit: Also DecNet, SNA, Arcnet if you want some more view into competing ideas in the same time period.