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On a computer bus, bits are often transmitted in parallel. So there is no order; they all arrive at the same time. On Ethernet bits are transmitted one at a tim
by JoeAltmaier 5y ago
On a computer bus, bits are often transmitted in parallel. So there is no order; they all arrive at the same time. On Ethernet bits are transmitted one at a time, and are 'little-endian'.
- colanderman 5y agoOnly true of 10BASE-T and older [1]. 100BASE-TX transmits 4 bits at a time [2]; 1000BASE-T 8 bits [3]; higher speeds even more. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_over_twisted_pair#Variants https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_over_twisted_pair#Var... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_Ethernet#100BASE-TX https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_Ethernet#100BASE-TX [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabit_Ethernet#1000BASE-T https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabit_Ethernet#1000BASE-T
- JoeAltmaier 5y agoAnd of course Infiniband sends in parallel as well, with it's bundle of fibres.