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Subject:Re: Topology or Topography? -Reply From:Lisa Comeau <COMEAUL -at- CSA -dot- CA> Date:Fri, 26 Jun 1998 15:30:14 -0400
I replied off-list to this one, but I thought more of you woanted to know.
Simply put:
TOPOLOGY: the way a network is cabled
TOPOGRAPHY: the placement of the systems
Lisa Comeau
IS Super-User/Trainer
Certification and Testing Division
Canadian Standards Association
Rexdale, ON
comeaul -at- csa -dot- ca