Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 277

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 277. Here are my solutions to them.

1: Volatile anaesthetic to catch fish over coaxial cable.

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Ethernet

Volatile anaesthetic (ether) to catch fish (net) over coaxial cable (used for most Ethernet connections, although twisted pair and fibre-optic are also used).

2: Flight terminal for wireless in cards and base stations.

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AirPort

Flight terminal (an airport) for wireless (it’s wireless networking) in cards and base stations (first available in base stations and cards from 1999).

3: Neighbourhood chat between a twisted pair came with the LaserWriter.

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LocalTalk

Neighbourhood (local) chat (talk) between a twisted pair (it used twisted-pair cables) came with the LaserWriter (released with and supported by Apple’s LaserWriter printer in 1985).

The common factor

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They are all physical network systems that have been supported by Macs.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.