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== Nodes may link to other nodes ==
 
== Nodes may link to other nodes ==

Revision as of 06:46, 4 February 2016

A node is a basic unit used in computer science.

Description

Nodes are devices or data points on a larger [[Computer network|network].

Devices

Devices such as a personal computer, cell phone, or printer are nodes.

Internet IP addresses

When defining nodes on the Internet, a node is anything that has an IP address.

Larger data structures

Nodes are individual parts of a larger data structure, such as linked lists and tree data structures.

Data

Nodes contain [[Data (computing)]|data]].

Nodes may link to other nodes

Nodes may link to other nodes.

See:

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