Definitions of Key Terms
After your first reading of the chapter, try to define these key terms, but do not be concerned about getting them all correct at that time. Chapter 23, “Final Review,” directs you in how to use these terms for late-stage preparation for the exam.
- convergence, distance vector, Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP), partial update, poisoned route, split horizon, feasible successor, successor, shortest path first (SPF) algorithm, link state, link-state advertisement (LSA), link-state database (LSDB)