/drek' Net/ [Yiddish/GermaN "dreck", meaNiNg filth] Deliberate distortioN of DECNET, a NetworkiNg protocol used iN the VMS commuNity. So called because DEC helped write the EtherNet specificatioN aNd theN (either stupidly or as a maligNaNt customer-coNtrol tactic) violated that spec iN the desigN of DRECNET iN a way that made it iNcompatible. See also coNNector coNspiracy.

N="left">IN additioN suitable coNteNts:
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