Can someone explain the difference between the terms "loosely coupled" and "tightly coupled" with respect to networking ?
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The difference is how much Superglue you want to use in your switch ports. Loosely-coupled environments needs a lot more of it.– mfinniFeb 7, 2011 at 19:55
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1Seriously - can you provide a little bit of context for your question? Off the top of my head, I can't really think of anything in networking that uses these terms. Application architecture, sure - interactions between systems can be sync, async, replicated, etc. Networking, not so much, at least above the physical and media-access layers.– mfinniFeb 7, 2011 at 19:57
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1I smell homework.– Evan AndersonFeb 7, 2011 at 20:04
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My suspicion as well - that's why I'm asking for context.– mfinniFeb 7, 2011 at 20:33
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It's a very relative term, but the basics behind this principle can be read here:
http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/definition/loose-coupling
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+1 Lacking a context for the question, this is about as good as it gets.– Chris SFeb 7, 2011 at 23:43