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<p><a href="page.php?w=Asynchronous_Transfer_Mode">Asynchronous Transfer Mode</a>, and <a href="page.php?w=InfiniBand">InfiniBand</a>.</p>

<p>Unlike <a href="page.php?w=repeater_hub">repeater hub</a>s, which broadcast the same data out of each port and let the devices pick out the data addressed to them, a network switch learns the Ethernet addresses of connected devices and then only forwards data to the port connected to the device to which it is addressed.</p>

<p><big> Overview </big></p>
<p>A switch is a device in a <a href="page.php?w=computer_network">computer network</a></p><p>
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