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| ring | Connection of two or more stations in a logically circular topology. |
| mesh | Network topology in which devices are organized in a manageable, segmented manner with many, often redundant, interconnections strategically placed between network nodes |
| star | LAN topology in which end points on a network are connected to a common central switch by point-to-point links. A ring topology that is organized as a star implements a unidirectional closed-loop star, instead of point-to-point links. |
| extended star | Uses the star topology to be created. It links individual stars together by linking the hubs/switches. |
| bus | Linear LAN architecture in which transmissions from network stations propagate the length of the medium and are received by all other stations |
| hierarchiacal | Is created similar to an extended star but instead of linking the hubs/switches together, the system is linked to a computer that controls the traffic on the topology. |
| logical-token | Controls network access by passing an electronic token sequentially to each host. |
| log.-broadcast | Each host sends its data to all other hosts on the network medium. |
| repeater | Used in transmission systems to regenerate analog or digital signals distorted by transmission loss. |
| hubs | Contains multiple ports |
| media | The cables linking workstations together. |
| nic | Designed for a particular type of network, protocol, and media, |
| switch | Device that filters and forwards packets between LAN segments. |
| router | Device that connects any number of LANs |
| bridge | Device that connects and passes packets between two network segments that use the same communications protocol |
| cloud | Internet |
