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What is a switch

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What is a switch
posted Apr 9, 2018 by Abass Conteh

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Switch in context of Electrical
Its a device for making and breaking the connection in an electric circuit.

Switch in context of Networking
A switch, in the context of networking is a high-speed device that receives incoming data packets and redirects them to their destination(based on some logic) on a local area network (LAN). A LAN switch operates at the data link layer (Layer 2) or the network layer of the OSI Model and, as such it can support all types of packet protocols.

answer Apr 9, 2018 by Salil Agrawal
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