Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

link state

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.92 in modern English

Syllables: link s-tate
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A class of routing protocol based on sending local status updates to every node in the network.

Example Sentences

"A link-state protocol can quickly update the network to route around failure."

Inflected Forms

link-state (alternative)

Antonyms

distance vector

Questions

What does link state mean?: A class of routing protocol based on sending local status updates to every node in the network.

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