Originally designed by Xerox in 1976. It is a high-speed comm- munications medium that allows information to travel over the network at up to 10meg/sec. In its simplest form Ether-net is configured as a bus. This standard is an integral part of the the ISO model and the backbone (or bridge) for other networks - Ethertalk (Apple's high speed alternative to Apple-Talk);DECnet;TCP/IP;XNS.
ISO networking Reference Mode chart (Pg 133);
Choosing You Cable
Thick/Thin/Fiber Optic/Telephone Wire/twisted pair/coexial *Software by Protocol chart—pg 135