The story
From cheaper + net, as an approximate rhyme for Ethernet, because cheaper than the thicknet variety.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
cheapernet
Today it means: The thinnet form of Ethernet. Full definition →
Today it means: The thinnet form of Ethernet. Full definition →
From cheaper + net, as an approximate rhyme for Ethernet, because cheaper than the thicknet variety.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.