0

Can someone explain the difference between the terms "loosely coupled" and "tightly coupled" with respect to networking ?

4
  • The difference is how much Superglue you want to use in your switch ports. Loosely-coupled environments needs a lot more of it.
    – mfinni
    Feb 7, 2011 at 19:55
  • 1
    Seriously - 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.
    – mfinni
    Feb 7, 2011 at 19:57
  • 1
    I smell homework. Feb 7, 2011 at 20:04
  • My suspicion as well - that's why I'm asking for context.
    – mfinni
    Feb 7, 2011 at 20:33

1 Answer 1

1

It's a very relative term, but the basics behind this principle can be read here:

http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/definition/loose-coupling

1
  • +1 Lacking a context for the question, this is about as good as it gets.
    – Chris S
    Feb 7, 2011 at 23:43

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged .