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topology


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Topology  \To*pol"o*gy\,  n.  [Gr.  ?  place  +  -logy.] 
  The  art  of  or  method  for  assisting  the  memory  by 
  associating  the  thing  or  subject  to  be  remembered  with  some 
  place  [R.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  topology 
  n  :  the  branch  of  pure  mathematics  that  deals  only  with  the 
  properties  of  a  figure  X  that  hold  for  every  figure  into 
  which  X  can  be  transformed  with  a  one-to-one 
  correspondence  [syn:  {analysis  situs}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  topology 
 
  1.  The  study  of  interconnections. 
 
  2.  A  {network}  topology  shows  the  {host}s  and  the  links 
  between  them  A  {network  layer}  must  stay  abreast  of  the 
  current  network  topology  to  be  able  to  {route}  {packet}s  to 
  their  final  destination. 
 
 




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