When one computer wants to talk to another that is not on the same switch, it must find a path to that computer called a frame.

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Each customer site links its own internal network to the Telseon system through a single dedicated switch, a far simpler route than the clumsy path of the old telephone system.

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It was former national head coach Brian Ashton who set Banahan on the path to success on the wing when he suggested his young charge contemplate a switch of position after spotting his potential at a junior academy Rugby Football Union training session.

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While you may think that CIOs in this scenario are doomed to become as dispensable as the light switch they are supposed to keep turned on, Gartner provides a big data escape hatch to a redefined career path.

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Dedicated lanes give buses an uncongested path, and traffic-signal priority gives buses the power, once reserved for emergency vehicles, to switch signals from red to green as they approach.

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