the.com/hubs
the popular kid of network design — everything wants to connect to it, and everything breaks when it doesn't.
means a central point where multiple connections, routes, or systems converge and get redistributed outward.
from from the wooden hub at the center of a wheel, holding the spokes together since carts existed; networking borrowed it in the 1980s for devices that centralize data traffic.
single pointone hub failure can strand an entire network
airline mathhub model cuts routes needed exponentially versus point-to-point
tech hubbasic network hubs broadcast data to every port, wastefully
replaced byswitches largely replaced dumb hubs by the 2000s
for instance
atlanta airport — delta's hub, busiest airport on earth since 1998
silicon valley — tech hub since the 1970s, still magnetic for startups
dubai international — emirates built an entire hub-and-spoke empire around it
usb hub — one port becomes four, cheap and everywhere since the 90s