Definition: arcnet

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Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (2003-OCT-10) 

ARCnet

   <networking> A network developed by DataPoint.  ARCnet was
   proprietary until the late 1980s and had about as large a
   marketshare as Ethernet among small businesses.  It was
   almost as fast and was considerably cheaper at the time.

   (1995-01-16)

Source: V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms December 2001 

ARCNET
        Attached Resource Computer NETwork (Datapoint), "ARCnet"