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Network Interface / Network Adapter
Your computer’s wired Ethernet connection and Wi-Fi connection are basically both network interfaces. If your laptop was connected to both a wired connection and a Wi-Fi network, each network interface would have its own IP address. Each is a ...
Network Hub
A common connection point for devices on a network.
Network Adapter
An internal computer component that allows the communication over a network with another computer. It lets the computer connect to other computer, servers or any networking device over an local area network (LAN) connection.
Distributed Network
In a distributed network, data, computing tasks, and applications are spread across several (often many) machines, which communicate with and depend on each other. Distributed networks are established with the intention of spreading out work and ...
Decentralized Network
A decentralized network is a combination of protocols spread across numerous computer devices, known as nodes. The capacity of nodes to communicate without the need for a monitoring body enables the element of decentralization. In a distributed ...