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  • In network topology, a terminal of any branch of a network or an interconnection common to two or more branches of a network. See s junction point, nodal point. See also branch (def. #3), communications, extension facility, extension terminal, interface message processor, network.
  • In a switched network, one of the switches forming the network backbone. 3. A technical control facility (TCF). 4. A point in a standing or stationary wave at which the amplitude is a minimum. In this sense, See null (def. #2). See also anti-node, standing wave ratio.