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Internetworking

Explanation Posted: 12/02/01

The art and science of connecting individual local-area networks (LANs) to create wide-area networks (WANs), and connecting WANs to form even larger WANs. This may or may not involve a difference in signalling or protocol elements supported. Internetworking is accomplished with routers, bridges, and gateways.

 

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