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split horizon

split horizon noun: a method of preventing routing loops in distance-vector routing protocols by prohibiting a router from advertising a route back onto the interface from which it was learned.

Noun

split horizon

  1. A method of preventing routing loops in distance-vector routing protocols by prohibiting a router from advertising a route back onto the interface from which it was learned.

Origin of split horizon

From split + horizon.

Questions about split horizon

What does split horizon mean?
Split horizon means a method of preventing routing loops in distance-vector routing protocols by prohibiting a router from advertising a route back onto the interface from which it was learned.
What part of speech is split horizon?
Split horizon is a noun.

Words near split horizon in the dictionary

  1. split fingers
  2. split hairs
  3. split hand syndrome
  4. split head
  5. split heads
  6. split horizon
  7. split infinitive
  8. split infinitives
  9. split key
  10. split keys
  11. Split Lake

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