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The complex combination of pure topologies is called a Hybrid. Examples of hybrid are star ring network and star bus network.
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Network topology is the way a computer network is set up and arranged, Examples for possible topologies include ring, star, bus, and line. Each of these topologies have their advantages and disadvantages, with star being the most common in today's world.
Network Topology refers to the way that cables and other pieces of hardware connect to one another. There are four common "base" types of topologies: bus, ring, star, and mesh. There are other types as well, but these are referred to as "hybrid topologies." The most commonly used network topology is a hybrid topology called the Star Bus Topology.
Without knowing a bit more about the context, probably "topology".Common network topologies are ring, star, bus and mesh.
There are two basic categories of network topologies Physical topologies Logical topologies The shape of the cabling layout used to link devices is called the physical topology of the network. Logical topology is the way the signals act in the network In BUS topology you have "THE LINEAR BUS" and "THE DISTRIBUTED BUS" IN the LINEAR bus all the nodes of the network are connected to a common transmission medium which has 2 end points where as in the DISTRIBUTED, all the nodes are connected to a common transmission medium which has more than 2 end points.
Computers can be interconnected in different ways to form a network. Such different ways of interconneconnection are called computer topologies. There are 5 topologies. They are: * BUS TOPOLOGY * RING TOPOLOGY * STAR TOPOLOGY * MESH TOPOLOGY * TREE TOPOLOGY
Hierarchical Networks
Group of devices connected together forms a Network & structure (design) in which they interconnect is called Topology.
A network topology refers to the geometric arrangement of the actual physical organization of the computers (and other network devices) in a network. Network Topologies: Bus All devices connected to a central cable, called the bus or backbone. Bus networks are relatively inexpensive and easy to install for small networks. Star All devices are connected to a central device, called a hub. Star networks are relatively easy to install and manage, but bottlenecks can occur because all data must pass through the hub. Ring All devices are connected to one another in the shape of a closed loop, so that each device is connected directly to two other devices, one on either side of it. Ring topologies are relatively expensive and difficult to install, but they offer high bandwidth and span large distance. Hybrid Group of star-configured workstations are connected to a linear bus backbone cable, combining the characteristics of the bus and star topologies. Wireless Devices are connected by a receiver/transmitter to a special network interface card that transmits signals between a computer and a server, all within an acceptable transmission range. A network topology refers to the geometric arrangement of the actual physical organization of the computers (and other network devices) in a network. Network Topologies: Bus All devices connected to a central cable, called the bus or backbone. Bus networks are relatively inexpensive and easy to install for small networks. Star All devices are connected to a central device, called a hub. Star networks are relatively easy to install and manage, but bottlenecks can occur because all data must pass through the hub. Ring All devices are connected to one another in the shape of a closed loop, so that each device is connected directly to two other devices, one on either side of it. Ring topologies are relatively expensive and difficult to install, but they offer high bandwidth and span large distance. Hybrid Group of star-configured workstations are connected to a linear bus backbone cable, combining the characteristics of the bus and star topologies. Wireless Devices are connected by a receiver/transmitter to a special network interface card that transmits signals between a computer and a server, all within an acceptable transmission range. A network topology refers to the geometric arrangement of the actual physical organization of the computers (and other network devices) in a network. Network Topologies: Bus All devices connected to a central cable, called the bus or backbone. Bus networks are relatively inexpensive and easy to install for small networks. Star All devices are connected to a central device, called a hub. Star networks are relatively easy to install and manage, but bottlenecks can occur because all data must pass through the hub. Ring All devices are connected to one another in the shape of a closed loop, so that each device is connected directly to two other devices, one on either side of it. Ring topologies are relatively expensive and difficult to install, but they offer high bandwidth and span large distance. Hybrid Group of star-configured workstations are connected to a linear bus backbone cable, combining the characteristics of the bus and star topologies. Wireless Devices are connected by a receiver/transmitter to a special network interface card that transmits signals between a computer and a server, all within an acceptable transmission range. A network topology refers to the geometric arrangement of the actual physical organization of the computers (and other network devices) in a network. Network Topologies: Bus All devices connected to a central cable, called the bus or backbone. Bus networks are relatively inexpensive and easy to install for small networks. Star All devices are connected to a central device, called a hub. Star networks are relatively easy to install and manage, but bottlenecks can occur because all data must pass through the hub. Ring All devices are connected to one another in the shape of a closed loop, so that each device is connected directly to two other devices, one on either side of it. Ring topologies are relatively expensive and difficult to install, but they offer high bandwidth and span large distance. Hybrid Group of star-configured workstations are connected to a linear bus backbone cable, combining the characteristics of the bus and star topologies. Wireless Devices are connected by a receiver/transmitter to a special network interface card that transmits signals between a computer and a server, all within an acceptable transmission range. A network topology refers to the geometric arrangement of the actual physical organization of the computers (and other network devices) in a network. Network Topologies: Bus All devices connected to a central cable, called the bus or backbone. Bus networks are relatively inexpensive and easy to install for small networks. Star All devices are connected to a central device, called a hub. Star networks are relatively easy to install and manage, but bottlenecks can occur because all data must pass through the hub. Ring All devices are connected to one another in the shape of a closed loop, so that each device is connected directly to two other devices, one on either side of it. Ring topologies are relatively expensive and difficult to install, but they offer high bandwidth and span large distance. Hybrid Group of star-configured workstations are connected to a linear bus backbone cable, combining the characteristics of the bus and star topologies. Wireless Devices are connected by a receiver/transmitter to a special network interface card that transmits signals between a computer and a server, all within an acceptable transmission range.
If the hybrid network is designed right, it is the second-best (after full-mesh) topology you can have. A well designed hybrid topology, called so because it combines two or more other network topologies together, strengthens everything you want; speed, reliability, efficiency, etc., and weakens everything else.Their biggest, really their only, disadvantage is how difficult they can be to design. Hybrids can get so complicated that, no joke, their designers have no clue as to how they work, all they know is that they do work. Their mysterious inner-machinations, or what a mathematician would call a non-linear design, makes them quite hard to troubleshoot, but if they're built right, there won't be any reason to troubleshoot.
Neutralization.