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I'm guessing it's called StarLink because the design uses a Star network topology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_network https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star
by tristanj 3mo ago
I'm guessing it's called StarLink because the design uses a Star network topology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_network https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_network
- daniela-vera 3mo agoThe star-topology read is a fun guess, but the real bottleneck in any 1984-era version would've been the ground stations, not the mesh. Feels more like a nod to that era's centralized comms than a literal network diagram.
- inigyou 3mo agoThis is a great demonstration of why trademarks aren't forever or universal, and shouldn't be.
- nticompass 3mo agoIs that related to StarLAN? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarLAN https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarLAN