The term "Deterministic" is often confused with "Synchronous" when referring to Industrial Ethernet. My article explains this difference and hopefully will correct the improper usage of the terms. I have also included lots of technical information about Industrial Ethernet.  See this article: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B27D2cPp6ETMSU1JcFJGelUwV0U

Dick Caro