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In networking and communications, the formats, codes and procedures for transmitting a unit of data (frame, packet) from one node to another. Known as a "layer 2 protocol," the data link protocol ...

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Thanks to spanning tree protocol, switched network environments are capable of connecting bridges and switches with multiple paths for data transmission.