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Network observability is the practice of gaining comprehensive, real-time visibility into the performance, behavior and health of a computing network by analyzing its external outputs.

Network automation is a process that automates the configuration, management, testing, deployment and operation of physical and virtual network devices.

A wide-area network (WAN) is a series of connected, telecommunication networks, often used by businesses, that span a large geographic area.

Network configuration is the process of setting up the policies, controls and data flows that allow devices and systems to communicate across a computing network.

The control plane is where key decisions about network design and functionality are taken, while the data plane is where actual compute tasks are performed and data is moved between devices.

A control plane is a critical part of a computer network that carries information through the network and the path data travels between devices.

Network topology refers to the physical and logical arrangement of nodes and connections in a computer network, which governs how data flows between devices.

Network functions virtualization is a process that moves network functions such as load balancing and encryption from physical hardware to virtual machines.

Computer networking is the process of connecting two or more computing devices to enable the transmission and exchange of information and resources.

The Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model is a conceptual model that divides network communication and interoperability into seven abstract layers.

Time to live (TTL) is a value that defines the amount of time that a data packet or record should exist on a network, computer or server before it is discarded.

Network optimization refers to a suite of strategies, tools, techniques and best practices to monitor, manage and improve network performance and reliability.

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Latency is a measurement of delay in a system. Network latency is the amount of time it takes for data to travel from one point to another across a network.

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Network management encompasses the tasks network system administrators perform to provision, monitor, secure, operate and maintain data transfer channels.

Network monitoring means using network monitoring software to monitor a computer network’s ongoing health and reliability.

SDN is an approach to networking that uses software controllers that can be driven by APIs to communicate with hardware infrastructure and direct network traffic.

SD-WAN is a virtualized WAN architecture that abstracts and centralizes the management of smaller and otherwise disconnected WAN networks.

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