hubs

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hubs - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

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     <networking> (By analogy with the hub of a wheel) A device
     connected to several other devices.
  
     In ARCnet, a hub is used to connect several computers
     together.  In a message handling service, a number of local
     computers might exchange messages solely with a hub computer.
     The hub would be responsible for exchanging messages with
     other hubs and non-local computers.
  
     (1995-01-16)