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link state

link state noun: a class of routing protocol based on sending local status updates to every node in the network.

Noun

link state

  1. A class of routing protocol based on sending local status updates to every node in the network.
    • A link-state protocol can quickly update the network to route around failure.

Antonyms of link state

Forms of link state

alternative formlink-state

Questions about link state

What does link state mean?
Link state means a class of routing protocol based on sending local status updates to every node in the network.
What part of speech is link state?
Link state is a noun.

Words near link state in the dictionary

  1. link out
  2. link rat
  3. link rot
  4. link spam
  5. link spams
  6. link state
  7. link time
  8. link topologies
  9. link topology
  10. Link Trainer
  11. link up

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