ARCNET
Sign in to savethumb|An ARCNET adapter for an Amiga 500 computer. The small card next to it is the size of a credit card.
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- History
- Development
- Market
- ARCnet Plus and decline
- Description
- See also
- References
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thumb|An ARCNET adapter for an Amiga 500 computer. The small card next to it is the size of a credit card.
Attached Resource Computer NETwork (ARCNET or ARCnet) is a communications protocol for local area networks. ARCNET was the first widely available networking system for microcomputers and it became popular in the 1980s for office automation tasks. It was later applied to embedded systems where certain features of the protocol are especially useful.