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Topology : (noun)
1: topographic study of a given place (especially the history
of place as indicated by its topography); "Greenland's
topology has been shaped by the glaciers of the ice age"
2: the study of anatomy based on regions or divisions of the
body and emphasizing the relations between various
structures (muscles and nerves and arteries etc.) in that
region [syn: regional anatomy, topographic anatomy]
3: the branch of pure mathematics that deals only with the
properties of a figure X that hold for every figure into
which X can be transformed with a one-to-one
correspondence that is continuous in both directions [syn:
analysis situs]
4: the configuration of a communication network [syn: network
topology]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Topology : \To*pol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ? place _ -logy.]
The art of, or method for, assisting the memory by
associating the thing or subject to be remembered with some
place. [R.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Topology :
1. The branch of mathematics dealing with
continuous transformations.
2. Which hosts are directly connected to which
other hosts in a network. Network layer processes need to
consider the current network topology to be able to route
packets to their final destination reliably and efficiently.
(2001-03-29)
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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