A computer network is made of computers which are linked to one another with communication lines (network cables, etc.) and hardware elements (network adapters, as well as other equipment for ensuring that data travels correctly). The physical arrangement — that is, the spatial configuration of the network — is called the physical topology. The different kinds of topology are:
- Bus topology
- Star topology
- Ring topology
- Tree topology
- Mesh topology
The logical topology, as opposed to the physical topology, refers to way that data travels along communication lines. The most common logical topologies are EThernet, Token ring and FDDi
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