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node - technical definition
- A junction point at which two or more circuits interconnect in a data network. A bridge, for example, interconnects two or more segments of a local area network (LAN). See also bridge, circuit, LAN, and network.
- In a switched network, a switching point that comprises a point of interconnection for circuits, a data switch, and control facilities. In the public switched telephone network (PSTN), for example, a great many circuits terminate in a central office (CO) and a tandem office, each of which comprises one or more switches and Signaling System 7 (SS7) network control logic, multiplexers, a wide variety of other devices. See also access node, CO, PSTN, service node, SS7, switch, and tandem switch.
- A device such as a station, bridge, computer, repeater, server, switch, or other device that connects to a network.
- In the IBM Systems Network Architecture (SNA), a physical device such as a computer, communications processor (e.g., FEP), terminal controllers, or terminal. See also SNA.
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