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Metcalfe's law

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Metcalfe's law
"The value of a network increases exponentially with the number of nodes." By Bob Metcalfe, founder of 3Com Corporation and major designer of Ethernet. A network becomes more useful as more users are connected. A primary example is the Internet. It fostered global e-mail, which becomes more valuable as more users are connected. See laws.
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