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by who and when HUB was invented

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I’m not sure which “HUB” you mean — could you clarify?

Common meanings and quick answers you might be asking about:

  • Ethernet (network) hub — The Ethernet technology was developed at Xerox PARC by Robert Metcalfe and colleagues in the 1970s (early experiments c.1973–1976). Multiport repeater devices called hubs became common with 10BASE-T Ethernet in the late 1980s/early 1990s (IEEE 802.3i standard work around 1990).
  • USB hub — USB was developed by a team at Intel led by Ajay Bhatt and others; the USB 1.0 specification was released in 1996. USB hubs (devices that let multiple USB devices share one port) are part of that USB architecture.
  • Mechanical wheel hub — wheel hubs (the central part of a wheel) date back to ancient wheel inventions (several thousand years BCE), so there is no single inventor.
  • Other hubs (airport hub, software platform named “Hub,” etc.) — each has its own history and inventor/company.

Which one did you mean? If you tell me (Ethernet, USB, wheel, software, or something else), I’ll give a precise inventor/name and date with more detail.

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