Metcalfe's law

Metcalfe's law
The law that states that the usefulness of a telecommunications network is proportional to the square of the number of its users

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  • Metcalfe's law — Two telephones can make only one connection, five can make 10 connections, and twelve can make 66 connections. Metcalfe s law states that the value of a telecommunications network is proportional to the square of the number of connected …   Wikipedia

  • Metcalfe's law — The law that the value of a network of people using the same Internet site(s) increases with the square of the number of participants. This is strictly true only if all users belong to a community of values …   Big dictionary of business and management

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  • Ley de Metcalfe — La ley de Metcalfe dice que el valor de una red de comunicaciones aumenta proporcionalmente al cuadrado del número de usuarios del sistema (n2). Formulada por primera vez por Robert Metcalfe en relación con Ethernet, la ley de Metcalfe explica… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Robert Metcalfe — Robert Melancton Metcalfe (born April 7 [cite web url = http://invent.org/Hall Of Fame/353.html title = Robert Metcalfe, Inventor Profile accessdate = 2007 10 19 date = n.d. publisher = National Inventors Hall of Fame] , 1946 in Brooklyn, New… …   Wikipedia

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