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The local network committee is named after a date

The IEEE group behind Ethernet and Wi-Fi took its number from the month and year of its first meeting The committee first met in February 1980, so it became project 802, and its working groups carry numbers such as 802.3 for Ethernet and 802.11 for wireless. Splitting the work this way let one group settle frame formats while others handled cabling, power or security. Products are tested against the published clauses, which is why a device from one maker connects to another. It sits in Mondo's technology collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The IEEE group behind Ethernet and Wi-Fi took its number from the month and year of its first meeting. The figure is taken from IEEE, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a technology fact?: Yes. It sits on the Technology shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.