adjacency

adjacency

[ə′jās·ən·sē]

(computer science)

A condition in character recognition in which two consecutive graphic characters are separated by less than a specified distance.

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Adjacency

The location of elements in a planning diagram, placed and ranked according to their relative importance, including their interconnections.

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adjacency

(networking)

A relationship between two network devices, e.g. routers, which are connected by one media segment so that a packet sent by one can reach the other without going through another network device. The concept of adjacency is important in the exchange of routing information.

Adjacent SNA nodes are nodes connected to a given node with no intervening nodes. In DECnet and OSI, adjacent nodes share a common segment (Ethernet, FDDI, Token Ring).

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