multilink

Multiple joined segments

Multilink describes systems or connections involving multiple links working together.

In networking and telecommunications, multilink configurations bundle several communication channels to increase bandwidth or provide redundancy: multilink PPP, multilink trunking.

The term appears in engineering contexts where multiple physical connections operate as a unified system: a multilink suspension system.

protocol

PPP

Public-private cooperation agreement

encapsulation · framing · authentication · failover · redundancy · sequencing · serial · interface · trunking · multipath

networking

ethernet

Wired networking standard

  • LANLocalized computer linkage
  • WANGeographically dispersed data infrastructure
  • routerPacket-forwarding network device

switch · gateway · firewall · bandwidth · latency · TCP/IP · interface · VPN · throughput · packet

connection

chain

Linked segments forming length

  • interlockJoin by overlapping
  • meshInterlocking open weave
  • webInterwoven filament structure

nexus · junction · concatenation · interconnection · coupling · splice · binding · attachment · articulation · daisy-chain

Opposites
number of connections/links

multilinkstandalone

Complete without attachments

isolated · unlinked · disconnected

structural complexity

multilinksolid axle

Single beam linking wheels

live axle · monolithic · undivided

number of links/connections

multilinkone-piece

Garment without seams dividing

direct connection · non-articulated

Family

multi, link, linked, linking, links, linkage, linkages, interlink, interlinked

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